I haven't watched him in ages (out of disgust) but I think that since PMSNBC gets what miniscule viewership they do get primarily from leftie bozos who love Olbermann and tolerate Matthews, the only way they can keep their pathetic network going is for Scarborough to pose as the "reasonable" Republican who sells out his party at every opportunity. Kinda like Novak's shtick on CNN, when he was still there..... the MSM and the left can sometimes tolerate a token pseudo-conservative who is willing to kiss up to the libs and embarrass his party at every opportunity. That is also why they love someone people like Pat Buchanan, who is more conservative but often a wingnut and most useful for attacking the Republicans from another angle........