THE RIGHT REARS ITS UGLY HEAD: All you need to know about the right wing base is summed up by their adoration for Ann Coulter. Last year at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) they were handing out giant posters that featured Coulter with a come-hither look. This year there was a massive line at her book signing there. And today Mitt Romney introduced her speech to great cheers. What did she have to say? Via Think Progress, which has the video, Coulter said, to laughter and applause, "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word �faggot,� so I � so kind of an impasse, can�t really talk about Edwards.� Charming. When the right lets out its hate-mongering id, it's a really pretty sight. You can read regular updates on all the shenanigans at CPAC from my Campus Progress interns undercover live blogging here.
--Ben Adler
