as if to prove the critics right, congressman-elect allen west of florida has chosen joyce kaufman ass chief of staff. here's one of kaufman's quotes about illegal immigrants. if you commit a crime while you're here, we should hang you and send your body back to where you came from and your family should pay for it. if that wasn't enough, she says that the children of illegal immigrants should not receive an education because that will really help local communities to have childreni inrunning around without an education and running around all day. and she says that illegal immigrants should not be treated at hospitals if they come in sick or hurt. if someone is bleeding to death from a car accident, that would be a perfect time to ask them for their papers. but unbelievably, she will now be the chief of staff for a united states congressman. now, joanne reed is editor of the reed report. she's joining me now to talk about this. i can't believe this. she's really going to be a chief of staff in congress? >> yes, she is, jake. i think what's interesting, joyce kaufman is getting a lot o

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saying it is with deep regret that this congressional office and the people of cd 22 will not have joyce kaufmanit the fact that she had been quoted about illegal immigrants saying this -- if you commit a crime while you're here, we should hang you and send your body back to where your came from, and your family should pay for it. one could only hope that's why she was relieved of duty. ironically she's the one being sent back home now. >>> now one of the essential questions facing the white house and the democrats in congress is whether they can feed some issues to the republicans or stick to their guns. nbc news washington bureau chief mark whitaker joins us to talk about which direction they're leaning. we discussed which direction they should lean. are they in a fighting mood or conceding mood? >> we won't know until the president is back from asia from the trip he's on. but the fact is right now it looks like he probably doesn't have the support that he's going to need to not eventually have to compromise on this issue, this immediate issue of the tax cuts. probably there will be an extensi

"earlier this week alan west, a tea partier tapped conservative radio host joyce kaufman to be his newchief of staff. among ms. kaufman's greatest hits well she called speaker pelosi garbage. she said illegal immigrants who commit crimes in this country should be hanged and their bodies shipped out of the country. oh yeah, and this. if ballots don't work, bullets will. god it sounds like sharron angle. congressman-elect west announced today with deep regret that kauffman declined his offer to be his new chief of staff. west add, however that he will always seek joyce's council so he can be what he calls a good representative of his congressional district. >>> time now for tonight's "big number." president george w. bush made his comeback this week, how did it go? on its first day the book sold 220,000 copy. random house's highest opening day sale since president clinton's autobiography. gets a strong start. 220,000 sold. tonight's "big number." >>> up next -- the tea party's look for a few more scalps in 2012 and it has its eyes on senator orrin hatch of utah and olympia snowe up in ma

. >> that is who congressman elect alan west chose to be his chief of staff, joyce kaufman.sday. on thursday, ms. kaufman said she was no longer going to be chief of staff, but she still also declared she would put him on the radio a lot. >> i want everybody to understand, especially the people on the left to understand simply is that you will continue to fight on your battlefields and your voice there. i will fight them on the battlefield in washington, d.c. we'll meet in the middle after we soundly defeat them both. but they need to understand now that i'm even more committed, even more focused on making sure that this liberal progressive socialist agenda, this left wing vile, vicious, despicable machine out there is soundly brought to its knees. that's my commitment to you. you don't have to worry about me doing the right thing in washington, d.c. >> we continued

soundly brought to his knees. >> he followed up by showering kaufman with praise saying, quote, joyce kaufmanorable, with the most impeccable integrity and character that i've ever met in my life. well, let me tell you about this honorable person. she said that she wants to hang illegal immigrants who commit crimes. she said immigrants bring disease with them to america and on the fourth of july she gave us this piece of psycho patriotism. >> i am convinced that the most important thing that the founding fathers did to ensure me of my first amendment rights was they gave me a second amendment. [ applause ] and if balance don't work, bullets will. >> for allen west to think that person has integrity is wild "psycho talk." >>> coming up, rachel maddow just landed an exclusive with jon stewart of "the daily show." he wasn't exactly fair with some of the things he said about the cable news game. he thinks different rules apply to him. we'll talk about it. the great rachel maddow will break it down for us coming up in the "battleground" story. >>> and darrell issa's witch-hunt against the presiden

her name is joyce kaufman, conservative talk show host in florida and she was going to come here and, a newly elected republican but she said she's not going to do that now in part because of the some controversial things she has said at rallies and on her radio show, for example, a "new york times" reporter at a really she talked she said that's not bigotry, that's a fact, and she effectively called nancy pelosi garbage, so she's not coming here. >> man, it's coarse. it's harsh. >>> and your next political update in an hour, and you can go to cnnpolitics.com. >>> when attempts to cut the federal deficit start to get personal, we will explain how the proposed cuts could affect your wallet. >>> and sarah palin's "alaska" debuts. in the series, she shows off her state from salmon fishing to hiking a glacier. we're back in a moment. >>> cuba warns it will turn children into sociopaths, the latest exchange in the history of u.s./cuba ties. more now. >> reporter: a new american video game literally takes aim at cuba's fidel castro. one of the first missions in "call of duty black ops" is