Would it be possible for you to show that Coulter appeals to more than a certain segment of "the base", and that in fact, people who disagree with her find her points worthy of further thought?
Has she ever convinced a significant number of people to change their minds, or is she just "preaching to the choir"?
Coulter is in demand for the "shouting heads" shows both because of her provocative dress and because she is sure to say something outrageous.
I'm basing my opinion in large part on personal experiences however: when I disagree with a family member, friend, or coworker, I'm more likely to consider their arguments if they approach me with calm, thoughtfulness, and logic, than if they attack me with insults and bombast.
How about you?
Your points don't actually answer my question. Even so,I don't agree with your framing of the the issue anyway.
It's not a matter of two sides of a reasoned debate; it's a matter of what do you do when you find yourself 'negotiating' with a petulant, teenaged girl, but you have no authority to disallow her purile histrionics. Answer: get Ann Coulter to beat the little princess at her own game.
I don't expect Ann to convince too many people she's reasonable. I expect Ann to get payment in rhetorical blood from those who find "Borking" an acceptable tactic. I don't want her to change minds. I want her to punish the people who try to make Linda Tripp's looks the issue to avoid noticing Bill Clinton pissed away forty million dollars making the justice department prove his perjury.
In short, I want her to point out the emperor has no clothes no matter who it embarrasses.