Newt : "I can think of nothing more despicable"??? I can.

[underpants]

17. Something we need to remember (not an excuse) is the plethora of ...uh.. opportunities in DC

meaning that the place is teaming with mid-20's all super motivated alpha types (that is how they got there) looking to "network" and "mentors".
There is nothing about Newt that ever made him stand out in a crowd other than power and being on TV.

The class of 1994 - the Republican Revolution - saw something like 24 marriages dissolve once the first timers got to DC. It was flat out PARTY TIME. This wasn't just the men either, the career wives who posed for the pictures and slummed at the county fair saw the crowd around them and said, "See ya later honey" and hit the scene. Joe Scarborough is a perfect example of this. He and the wife that did the campaign with him split from each other as fast as they could. The met back up to sign the divorce papers.

DC is a world of young upwards and people glamming on to them to take the ride up. Go to the Ritz Carlton in Pentagon City - the bar is like a grocery store for everyone.