[Aquinasfan]

Coulter’s answer to that dilemma is twofold: look amazing and ratchet up the rhetoric against the left until it has the subtlety and nuance of a car alarm.

Bingo. It's a very lucrative schtick. The question though is whether she helps or hinders the conservative cause. Overall, I'd say she's a negative.

Then again, she's the perfect person to put up against the Carville types in a one-on-one debate.

[Buckeye Bomber]

It's true. She matches up perfectly with the Carvilles and Michael Moore's of the world. They can shout at each other to their heart's content. I think that was largely the point of Sullivan's lament. They are all bad for the quality of debate. As long as the left has their screamers, we might as well have ours I suppose. But I agree with Aquinasfan that Coulter's overall effect on conservatism is negative.

I don't even think Coulter believes everything she says. I'd be more inclined to believe she is just a really smart businesswoman and knows what'll sell. I may be wrong though. The world is full of crazy people.