Tea Party
The two tea party Republicans tried to cover up their affair while they were in office.
Only 17 percent of Americans polled say they support the movement.
The current conservative favorite backed the bailout that helped launch the tea party.
"Don’t blame God for my failures."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"I believe that an open and honest investigation will vindicate me."
State Rep. Todd Courser (R) planned to hide his affair with fellow Rep. Cindy Gamrat (R) by implicating himself in a fake sex scandal to detract attention from the affair.
But his solution is more big money in politics.
An American multi-national corporation, which accepts millions of dollars in government funds, pays its top executives more than half a million dollars per year in total compensation, while simultaneously paying some of its employees less than the federal minimum wage.