David Frum Thinks the GOP is in Great Shape (Littlegreenfootballs.com)

Of all the partisan Republican pundits on the scene, David Frum is probably
the most sensible. But occasionally he issues one of these pieces, in which
his partisanship completely clouds his judgment and he ends up writing
nonsense: A Great Week for the GOP.

> 1) The Republican caucus accepted a deal to avert a government shutdown. The
deal is a huge victory for governance Republicanism over talk radio
conservatism.

It's a "huge victory" because the GOP took the country to the very brink of a
government shutdown over far-right issues like Planned Parenthood, NPR, and
the Environmental Protection Agency... then backed down at the last minute?
That's a very odd definition of "victory:" fight like crazy for ideological
nonsense, then cave in at the last possible opportunity.

> 2) Glenn Beck's show was canceled. There remains plenty of angry extremism
on the airwaves: Limbaugh, Levin, and so on. But the collapse in Beck's
ratings represents a heartening repudiation of John Birch society conspiracy-
mongering by rank-and-file conservatives - despite the shameful attempt by Fox
News to mainstream this junk.

This "repudiation" of conspiracy-mongering by the base exists only in David
Frum's imagination. I've seen absolutely no sign ...

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