Wow. Having driven popular FL Gov. Crist from their fold the Republican extreme right has just added conservative Utah Republican incumbent Senator Bob Bennett's scalp to their totem. Article.

It appears that a purification ritual is sweeping the Republican primary season. It is like watching a nonviolent [so far] version of a Night of the Long Knives. Suddenly extremist are not extreme enough. The Dems had a version of this following the Nixon win in 1968 leading to very hard left convention in 1972 that produced George McGovern and an un-winable platform.