She's the friend of every Democrat working to oust/fend off Republicans all over the country.
By now, everyone with an interest in politics has heard of the epithet that Ann Coulter used when referring to Democratic candidate John Edwards.
And of how the Edwards campaign has turned the comment into fundraising fodder.
Tedski at R-Cubed has a great take on it here, as does Kevin Spidel at SpidelBlog. (Both have links to video of her remarks.)
MSM coverage of the incident here (KGO-TV San Francisco/Bay Area) and here (Boston Herald).
Coverage of the Republican candidates' criticism of the comment here (Houston Chronicle).
They (McCain, Romney, and Giuliani) can criticize all they want, but the audience at the event (Conservative Political Action Conference meeting) cheered and applauded.
This incident alone won't give the 2008 elections to the Democrats, but it highlights one of the fundamental reasons that the Democratic party is ascendant right now -
Any political party's image is defined by its activists, and the average 'conservative Republican' activist embraces hatred.
The average Democratic activist is seen as trying to make the world a better place for everyone, not just their idea of the "good" people.
There are, of course, some disagreements over how to do that, but right now, most unaffiliated voters recognize that while the Democrats are for *it*, the Republicans are against *it*.
They can't always tell you what *it* is, but they damn sure know they're afraid of it and oppose it, and they think everyone should be afraid of it.
People are tired of having fear and hatred fed to them every minute of every day, and that's why the Democratic party is ascendant right now.
Now if only we could get Ann Coulter hired to write the RNC platform for next year. :))
BTW - Ms. Coulter is kind of consistent - she has described, in varying terminology, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and now John Edwards the same way.
Hmmm....
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