Voters repeatedly bought into his can-do exuberance and Berlusconi survived a string of diplomatic gaffes and scandals.
Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he appears as a guest on the RAI television show Porta a Porta (Door to Door) in Rome, Italy, January 9, 2013.(photo credit: REMO CASSILI/REUTERS)ByREUTERSUpdated:
