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We're all waiting to see is how much of an impact does this scandal have? how much does this energize the public behind real reform? last year the legislature quite the opposite of transparency, the legislature put its e-mails and correspondence from its members off limits to foia. so we'll see how serious they are about reforming the ethics law in virginia after this scandal plays itself out and they come back to richmond in january. >> taking a look at the ethics laws but also in the face for governor. >> you have this fascinating triangle about a sitting governor, a lieutenant governor with...

I've served the people of virginia for 22 years now and i am deeply sorry that those things that have been done by either me or my family have created a problem for virginia government and have caused some embarrassment. so i thought it was the right thing to do to make those loan payments back and to begin to heal the trust that might have been broken between me and the people. >> tough position. virginia governor bob mcdonnell is trying to put a lid on the scandal that his it and over his office. his wife reportedly spent more

>> you know, i was going to read maureen dowd but i think kristin took care of that. let's pull everybody up here. does anybody see anything redeeming about this candidacy? anything? >> about anthony weiner's candidacy? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> i'm struggling. i'm struggling. anthony weiner -- >> you're his campaign manager. >> in the interest of full disclosure, i'm an adviser to christine quinn. >> no. let me say this. anthony weiner was a strong voice for the liberal wing of the democratic party, for the disenfranchised. for a brief moment in time, he had an effective role. >> harold, sextin...

Come in. how is that race going project out? who is your projected winner? >> anchts b. is not in the habit of win -- it's the attorney general running as nominee. this is a problem for ken because he accepted $18,000 gifts from the same guy, johnnyily with yams, who head as company called star scientific, which makes nutritional supplements. and another problem for ken is that as long as this scandal with the governor is basically eating up the work product of the press corps, it's hard for ken's message to punch through. so this is the summer where two things are fascinating richmond right n...

It seems to me to bode really poorly for this entire part of the world. >> one more story to get to, it involves scandal and politics. should i put aside anthony weiner? >> i've got another one. >> there's no sex, right? >> must be a british scandal. >> no, it comes from virginia. the spending scandal surrounding virginia's governor and his family continues to widen this morning. "the washington post" is reporting his wife spent thousands from her husband's pac on clothes and other items supposedly from lord & taylor and sachs and macy's. it's another hit for the governor is already under