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As Dave pointed out last week, some conservatives aren’t mincing words about their desire to see disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) step away from the national stage following revelations of an extramarital affair. Others, though, are treading much more carefully around the issue, favoring a strategy of wait-and-see.
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), for example, [...]

Former Sanford campaign manager Jason Miller has emailed this statement to several reporters, and it is worth reading in full for a sense of how the people who put a lot of trust in the governor are feeling.
This is a sad day for everyone who knows and is friends with the Sanford family.  Mark, Jenny, [...]

After days of speculation about his mysterious disappearance, Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) just admitted to an extramarital affair and resigned as the chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
In a drawn-out press conference that began with a long series of apologies and repeated references to his friend Tom Davis, Sanford finally came to “the bottom line” [...]