Sorry, but the results of the last 3 elections disprove your points. You can expose them for what they are without being "nasty". When we did that in 2002 and 2004, we won. When Ann was "nasty" in 2006, we lost.
In 2002, Ann got quite a bit of press for her criticism of Max Cleland.
In 2004, she wrote a bestseller in which she implied the entire Democratic Party was filled with traitors and in which she praised Joe McCarthy.
Ann is much more an asset than a liability. Her book had nothing to do with the loss. To think it did even in the slightest is to excuse a whole host of other things starting with the Republican Party.
Faulty logic - we lost because few besides Ann had the intestinal fortitude to stand up to the dem lies, to call them liars in public or to fight the dirty fight that was required.
They repeated the slander and lies over and over with nobody to call them on it. It does not take long for their lies to become firmly implanted in the feeble minds of the voting public.
The rat party knows how to lie cheat and steal elections and the "turn the other cheek, stay above the fray" gop does and says nothing to counter them. Ann could well refer to many in the gop as "faggots" (and no, I'm not PC) and not be far from the truth at least in terms of being limp wristed do-nothing whiners.