joyce coffman, who previously suggested if ballots don't work, bullets will, once proposed hanging illegalrants is blaming the media for her sudden departure. i will not be used in an electronic lynching by proxy. i will not participate in you desiring to destroy him. her resignation comes one tape after a threat put 300 south florida schools on lockdown. coffman was the inspiration behind the threat. mr. west vowing he will continue to seek her counsel. >>> let's turn to political analyst and washington post editor and the author of "disintegration." eugene robinson. let's start with earmarks. am i dreaming this? is it a false memory put in somewhere? wasn't one of the cornerstones of the republican national platform two years ago, no more earmarks? >> it wasn't just a treatment dream, keith. earmarks for republicans were the spawn of satan. the most awful thing. the evil democrats were guilty of larding every spending bill with these terrible earmarks. meanwhile, they were larding these bills with earmarks. they were invading against the practice. now push comes to shove and in come some

west hiring right-wing radio host joyce coffman, on whose show he appeared many times, to be his chiefsted that jewish people who voted for president obama did so because they don't embrace being jews anymore and she said illegal immigrant shoubs hanged. she will continue to hold a position at her radio station, but not host anymore, just correspondent. even so, the council at the house committee on conduct tells thinkprogress.com that the west hiring of coffman is, quote, potentially problematic. in addition to being crazy. time now to call in washington bureau chief of "mother jones" magazine, david corn. david, good evening. >> good to be with you, keith. >> first to the earmarks, who has the advantage here? demint or mcconnell? and when inhofe says, this is a liberal thing that earmarks are bad, am i misremembering the entirety of human history? i thought that was a conservative thing. >> who has the advantage, the hatfields or the mccoys? if the issue is preserving a senate privilege, you usually have to bet on preserving the senate privilege. so i think demint may be, may have a

reminder, this is joyce coffman. >> i don't care how this gets painted by the mainstream media.nced the most important thing the founding fathers did to ensure me my first amendment rights was they gave me a second amendment. and if ballots don't work bullets will. >> she also said she was going up into the hills of kentucky, midwest, vermont, new hampshire to gather together men and women who understand some things are worth fighting for and dying for if things didn't go the way she wanted them to november 2nd. i'm going to go out on a limb and say the fact she's a woman is not the controversial thing about her. similarly i'm sure -- i'm not sure alan west has made a strong case his attempt to make her a chief of staff is only controversial because of mr. west's race. to be clear, i think this is why the headlines, congressional chief of staff colon -- >> and if ballots don't work bullets will. >> i think that's more to the point. congressman elect west now says if the prospect of that person becoming a congressional chief of staff is unsettling to you it is because of your rac