Noticed that as well. What it tells me is that the Inside-the-Beltway crowd still thinks that the country has ratcheted permanently to the Left courtesy of their Anointed One - and yes, 0bama was Brooks' Anointed One - and that somehow the Tea Party stuff isn't real. This panel, and I do not entirely exempt Kristol, are so used to fluff, image, and PR sizzle that they're in a flopsweat panic when a genuine political movement turns up.
Bennett didn't lose his career, he lost his seat. It will be filled by someone less prone to compromise with the Powers That Be (or that individual will be looking for work too), who this panel of throne-kissers think is some sort of a permanent ruling class with themselves members in good standing. The piggies are squealing because something's pricking all of them, not just the ones with (D) after their names.