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The Rambling Word Salad That Is Mark Souder’s Resignation Statement

By | 05.18.10 | 1:05 pm

Tangled up in extramarital affairs, politicians tend to be contrite, remorseful, apologetic — any number of things designed to make them appear humble in the face of the intense public scrutiny that inevitably follows. (“If there was ever anything I could take back in my life, this would be it,” More…

Mark Sanford Changes His Story

By | 06.30.09 | 12:04 pm

This is going to be tough to dig out from under:

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is admitting more encounters with his Argentine mistress than he previously has disclosed.

DeMint: Uncommitted on the Fate of Sanford

By | 06.30.09 | 10:51 am

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 More…

BREAKING: Sanford Admits to Affair, Resigns as Chairman of Republican Governors Association

By | 06.24.09 | 2:40 pm

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 More…