Pat Buchanan might have seen the end of the line coming at MSNBC when last month network President Phil Griffin commented on his latest book, “Suicide of a Superpower,” by saying, “I don’t think the ideas that [Buchanan] put forth are appropriate for the national dialogue, much less on MSNBC.”

When Buchanan was let go last week after 10 years as a commentator on the network, no one was surprised.