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It. congressman mollohan's middle name was ethics problems, he's been in trouble before. this -- i think he was going to lose either in the primary or the general election. martha: interesting. >> so he was in for 28 years. his father was in for a long, long time prior to that. so if ever antiincumbency was going to show up, it was going to show up no allan mollohan. martha: let's talk about what this may indicate for others out there. the arlen sex -- specter case is looked at as well. >> that's six days away and it's clear that specter is in deep trouble. remember he's been in since 1981, he...

>> i was. >> was it important youd learned about financial r financial planning? >> there's an argument for it and for all of these. >> the moratorium on earmarks, i suppose the numbers will go down in the house. is that prit? >> it's possible. certainly in the house. republicans are calling for a total moratorium on earmarks. there are a few of them who are still going to go forward with earmarks. democrats are calling for a moratorium on all earmarks that are for-profit entities. in the senate, democrats and republicans, both of them have not committed to this. we could still see a lot of th...

Or tom -- i'm sorry. mark foli sending inappropriate texts to pages the sex stuff lingers. what kind of operation are you running? the problem for the democrats is something like charlie rangel's ethics problems, those are hard to sell. this is easy to sell. >> the interesting point is corrupt and steal billions of dollars but do it in a way few people can understand it, grope somebody and send a text message you are out. >> david, what do you think? >> i agree with my republican friends who say this is not great for democrats. but i think the american people tend to look when the adults are i...

Congressman charles rangel, new york governor paterson and now eric massa all making headlines in the last week. all democrats, all facing ethics questions and in some cases more, all prompting the republican national committee to launch a new ad. it seems to cast democrats as hypocrites after promising to drain the swamp of ethics problems when they took control of the house in 2006. >> eric massa resigned after allegations of sexual harassment surfaced. pelosi called it rumor. >> most ethical congress in history. >> pelosi is wrong of it's time to change washington. >> are democrats in troub...

Numbers? >> well, they are correct and reflect the sentiment here in new york. and i don't think that there will be an opportunity for another 100 years as good as today to throw the bums out. >> is there something in the water up there, governor spitzer and now governor paterson, charlie rangel with ethics problems or congressman massa with his sexual harassment problems. what's going on up there? >> i believe the sentiment against legislators is around the country not limited to simply new york but we in new york are going to take on the issue and seek to reform the dysfunctional state legis...