strict orthodox conservatives. >> newt gingrich reshapes the republican party. our base wants this, we do this. we do not compromise with democrats. >> president clinton became the democrat the republicans despised the most. he was morally corrupt, they said. >> he experimented. >> i experimented with marijuana a few times and didn't inhale. >> i was clintons mistress for 12 years. >> and a womanizer. >> the law is the law. the law is sacred. >> meanwhile, ken starr had been digging into the clintons for more than two years, to no avail. >> are you going to be working for congress or the courts or the public? >> his investigation was winding down. then out of the blue, some explosive tape recordings came his way. >> i never expected to feel this way about him.