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History. >> reporter: what he didn't mention? at the time he was having his own extramarital affair with a congressional staffer. he's now on his third marriage. ethics problems dogged speaker gingrich and he resigned leaving congress in some disgrace. but then a comeback. gingrich spent a decade writing books, opinionating on fox news and pushing his endless stream of policy ideas. sometimes nosed ideas square with tea party values. >> i think you have to migrate to a system that is social security based on personal contributions. >> reporter: but not always. >> in order to have an american e...

Majority stood on the steps and signed a contract. >> reporter: under his watch the gop clashed with the clinton white house over spending cuts which led to two government shutdowns. to dprich's surprise, the public turned its rage on the gop. >> it's very difficult to work with a president who seems to be primarily driven by his political advisers to engage in public relations stunts. >> reporter: during the impeachment of president clinton then speaker gingrich lashed out at the white house. >> what you have lived through for two and a half long years is the most systematic, deliberate obstr...

It seems to be one of the strategies of the democrats going into the elections and now, maxine waters, congresswoman from california who is facing ethics charges of her own, apparently she is also going to blame bush now for her ethics problems with a bank in boston, one united. >> well, as you're saying, the president made we do it. president bush made me do it because the treasury department, secretary paulson wouldn't return the calls of a minority bank association so representative waters was forced to call on behalf of the bank which she and her husband owned $350,000 worth of stock. she ...

52% of americans believe gay marriage should be a constitutional right. 46% say that they are against it. new york congressman charlie rangel is now attacking the media over his ethics problems. >> it's our fault! >> he said the charges against him are in the minds of some reporters who are looking for a pulitzer prize. he added the press is trying to prejudge his activities before the house ethics committee is even on trial. he dismissed his upcoming democratic primary opponents and planned to run a tough re-election race over the next month. >> i've had people ask me more than once, do you...

For now, let's look at numbers right now. let's look at what americans have to say about ethics and republicans right now. as far as do they think republicans are ethical. 52% of americans believe that most republicans in congress are ethical. 45% unethical. let's look at the democrat, number now, same question to the democrats, most democrats in congress, 53% are ethical, 45% are untheth cal. so what we're seeing from a strategic point, tony, is this isn't really playing out nationally at this point. democrats are concerned come september during an ethics trial this is going to be an issue. >...