[Lando Lincoln]

Coulter is obviously a brilliant person. She does not need to be a shock trooper to be effective. Her recent episode is less about her than the discredit it did to the CPAC. That is the real issue.

Has she reached the tipping point? Yes, with me she has.

[CWOJackson]

"She does not need to be a shock trooper to be effective."

I'm not sure. I remember Michelle Malkin when she was a local Seattle columnist on one of the liberal papers. She was a breath of fresh air; brilliant, articulate and pleasant. When she first made her move to the national spotlight she didn't gain much attention. After a while she switched up her format and became more brittle and abrasive, and suddenly took up hot button topics such as illegal immigration whereas before it wasn't a topic that interested her.

It's a common formula. Remember Lou Dobbs before he became an immigration hero? He was a broadcasted cure for insomnia.

I far preferred the original Malkin...she was being herself, not selling herself as a product.

[BlackElk]

If CPAC is "discredited" by Ann's remarks, then CPAC ought to be abolished and a new annual conference of people with spines crated.