[Intolerant in NJ]

That said, I think that we can expect some further fall out, now that the Left has successfully flexed their muscle...Interesting passage from A.Coulter's Slander I ran across today:
"An annoying typical Republican response to liberal hate speech is to attack one's friends in order to appease one's enemies. Democrats still hate the Republican appeasers, they just hate them a little less. And when it comes time for the left to tear down the conciliators, these Republican "moderates" won't have many friends left willing to defend them. As Winston Chruchill said, appeasment reflects the hope that the crocodile will eat you last. With some portion of (admittedly craven) Republicans casually acknowledging the liberal premise that conservatives are mean and hateful, the left is emboldened to carry on with ever greater insolence."
Prescient.....

[Ohioan]

Ann is a very bright young woman.

The passage you quote is right on the money!

William Flax