As Andrew Sullivan points out in a blog post today, things are not looking good for Charlie Crist’s nomination for the Florida senate seat. I drew a cartoon on this subject not long ago about how Crist and other moderate republicans are being forced out of the party. Here’s another cartoon after Lindsay Graham voted to confirm Sotomayor.

It looks like both parties are moving to the right at the moment – the Democrats are incorporating more independents and blue dogs, and the Republicans are beating the drum of conservative credentials, to the point of even considering a mandatory loyalty exam to receive GOP campaign support. Suddenly Michael Steele is the voice of reason.