Lessee which conservative columnist gets more attention at a conservative forum. Tony Snow’s talk show thread gets a lot of views, but FR little notes nor long remembers what he writes. The last column of his someone posted was August 10th. It garnered 266 views and 7 replies.
On News/Activism 08/05/2005 4:43:54 PM PDT · 7 replies · 266+ views
Ann Coulter’s column August 5 had 2,125 vies and 54 replies.
On News/Activism 08/10/2005 4:26:30 PM PDT · 54 replies · 2,125+ views
Ann’s “abrasive” column was such a turn-off for conservatives, that she had seven times as many commenting posts, and eight times as many views.
Obviously, gaining more readership isn't what is motivating this move.
Coulter is red meat. Snow is pablum.