I have enjoyed Ann Coulter's writings for years. I own several of her books, and I particularly like "Treason." I read her column when my time permits. I enjoy her style, her impertinence. Beneath that slinky blonde facade lurks a chain dog, and I like the combination.

As election year politics start to heat up, I look forward to another season of debates. I enjoy engaging my neighbors and co-workers in political discussions. Especially, I like it best when I find myself in a room full of liberals. I feel like I am proselytizing to the heathens, challenging them to defend their beliefs and their world-views, bringing them to the truth and the light. It's way more fun than discussing football stats.

But for now, we are just coming into the primary season. For now, we are discussing among ourselves who shall carry forth the Republican banner. For now, we need to be considering the attributes and strengths of several folks who have stepped forward to be our Republican candidate for President. Of course, all of them are suspect because they must know that they are about to get attacked, savagely and viciously, and then by the Democrats, for having stepped up to the call. All of them are suspect because they are career politicians. But they are what we have to choose from and we need to pick from among them.

It appears that Ann Coulter likes none of these would-be candidates. It seems that she doesn't like any of these candidates because not one among them is perfect. Apparently, the only perfect candidates would be either the Resurrected Lord Jesus or the Second Coming of Ronald Reagan. Unhappily, neither of these appearances would actually assist in the candidate selection process since neither one would be eligible to assume the Office of the President of the United States (Ronald Reagan has already served two terms and is therefore precluded under term limits and Jesus is not American born).

I would like to think that Ann Coulter's criticisms of all the Republican hopefuls are vehicles to keep her column sharp, even though we all know that anything she says now will reappear later as ammunition from the Democrats when the race is really hot. And perhaps we should all pause and remember Ronald Reagan's admonition that Republicans should not attack each other. I am further hopeful that Ann Coulter is not going to take the approach to urge that Republican voters should stay home rather than turn out to vote for an imperfect Republican candidate. That sort of strategy leads to perfect Democrat victories. Often in life, we must work with imperfect choices, daring to do the best we can with what we have got. For Ann Coulter, it appears to be more incisor than insight.