Mean-spirited attacks do nothing but weaken his chances for a place in the administration.
Ann is mean spirited? Or refreshingly un PC? I vote the latter.
I seldom watch TV, but there was one episode of Law and Order and I think it was last season with Fred. Also had a character like Ann Coulter but with a different name. They wrote in the script that Arthur Branch did not like Ann Coulter or the way she portrayed herself. The script was a hit job on Ann, if you believed that character to be based on Ann. It was much worse than what Ann really is. One particular scene had Arthur talking to the Ann-like character. I wonder if that has anything to do with her opinions now?