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‘C Street’ Democrat: Don’t Ask Me, I Just Live There

By | 07.23.09 | 4:07 pm

The Michigan Messenger caught up today with Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), who lives at the “C Street” house made famous of late by several current and former residents, including Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) and former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) — all of whom More…

Fox News Reporter Groveled to Get Sanford Interview

By | 07.15.09 | 11:51 am

South Carolina’s The State newspaper’s expose of emails sent by journalists to Gov. Mark Sanford’s (R-S.C.) office are essential reading. One of the worst offenders in the cache is Griff Jenkins, the color reporter for Fox News, who groveled to Sanford’s staff and attached the way other media were More…

Ensign’s Parents Paid Off Mistress

By | 07.09.09 | 5:07 pm

Things just keep getting worse for Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.).

An attorney for U.S. Sen. John Ensign says the senator’s parents gave his mistress and her family nearly $100,000.

In statement released Thursday, Paul Coggins says Ensign’s parents made the gifts “out of concern for the well being of longtime

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Coburn Denies Urging Payments to Ensign’s Mistress

By | 07.09.09 | 11:58 am

Via The Washington Post, the office of Sen. Tom Coburn yesterday denied that the Oklahoma Republican told housemate Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) to pay millions of dollars to his former mistress to keep the affair quiet — a charge leveled by the husband of the mistress in a More…

Censure: Good Enough for Sanford, Not Good Enough for Clinton

By | 07.07.09 | 9:03 am

By a 22-9 vote, the South Carolina Republican executive committee has voted to censure Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.). Only 10 members of the committee demanded his resignation. It’s reminiscent of what happened after the 1998 elections, when Republicans lost seats in the House of Representatives and temporarily considered 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…