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Day for a Queen

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Power Rating of 8 x (career-ender + adultery + brazenness) = 24

WAYNE HAYS (1976)

H ouse committee chairman puts mistress Elizabeth Ray on staff payroll; she tells The Post, "I can't type, I can't file, I can't even answer the phone."

Power Rating of 6 x (career-ender + graft + adultery) = 18

PAULA PARKINSON (1981)

B lond lobbyist claims affairs with several congressmen; reports that three reps shared a cottage with her on a Florida golf trip, causing one, Thomas Evans of Delaware, to lose his seat.

Power Rating of 5 x (career-ender + ethics violation + adultery) + 5-point bonus [Dan Quayle shared cottage but denied any hanky-panky; "he'd rather play golf than have sex," said his wife] = 20

REPS. DAN CRANE AND GERRY STUDDS (1983)

Crane, an Illinois Republican, was censured for sex with a female congressional page; Studds, a Massachusetts Democrat, was censured for sex with a male page. Crane lost his seat; Studds kept his.

Power Rating of 4 x (career-ender + adultery + jailbait + predatory) = 16

GARY HART (1987)

Democratic presidential front-runner denies philandering rumors and dares reporters to "follow me around." They find Donna Rice leaving his D.C. townhouse.

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