David Frum’s on to something with the demise of Crossfire. I’d say the problem is one of imbalance. On the right, Carlson and Novak are journalists with their own viewpoints. They will often disagree with and chastise Bush and even other conservatives. They look weak next to their counterparts because Begala and Carville are shills for the DNC. They’d sell out the left to promote the Democratic party any day. If the show is ever to teach its audience anything, they need to get people who think in the chairs on the left of the stage. Or they could get some Republican puppets to balance the show out, but that certainly wouldn’t help its flailing popularity.