tweeted his way into a career-ending crisis bowed to the political pressures, some hecklers, one from the howard stern show, practically drown him out. >> today i'm announcing my resignation from congress. >> yea! pervert! >> so my colleagues can get back to work, my neighbors can choose a new representative and most importantly that my wife and i can continue to heal from the damage i have caused. >>. [ indistinct shouting ] >> looking back, should the media have tweeted this stuff for three long weeks as the most important story in america. joining us to talk about that and the sudden spotlight being trained on michele bachmann, jennifer ruben author of "the washington post" white turn black, julia mason from politico, in boston, john avlon, cnn contributor and columnist for "the daily beast." >> this proposition, agree or disagree. anthony weiner resigned, not because of barack obama and nancy pelosi. that was a factor, but because the media simply would not let this story go and there was no other way for him to stop the bleeding. >> it's so true. the new york media is so intense. that's a force unto itself. if he had been a representative from a different state, we might have seen a diffe