Mark Sanford
In South Carolina, Sanford Extends Unemployment Benefits
How bad is the country’s long-term unemployment problem? Well, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) — who made headlines this year for (among other things) initially refusing federal stimulus money — signed legislation today extending jobless benefits under the stimulus bill.
The Associated Press reports that the bill provides “at least seven weeks of federal extended [...]
Welfare for Mark Sanford
The Associated Press releases a brutal report on Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) and his use of state resources. The most damaging items: $1,265 for a flight from Myrtle Beach to Columbia to make a haircut appointment, and $5,535 for trips from the capital to his family home.
The ship has sailed on a possible Sanford resignation, [...]
‘C Street’ Democrat: Don’t Ask Me, I Just Live There
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 have found themselves in the middle of adultery [...]
Fox News Reporter Groveled to Get Sanford Interview
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 covering the story.
If the Gov does [...]
Haley Barbour: Mum on 2012, Chatty on Cooking Frogs
With leading contenders for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination dropping like flies, an increasing amount of buzz has surrounded Haley Barbour, the cigar-chomping former Republican National Committee chairman and current governor of Mississippi. Speculation only crescendoed when Barbour visited Iowa and New Hampshire and met with top Republican strategists.
I caught up with the governor following [...]
Censure: Good Enough for Sanford, Not Good Enough for Clinton
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 not voting to impeach President Bill Clinton. [...]
Tea Party Movement Loses Steam
Organizers plan for more intimate Fourth of July events after the hoopla of the April 15 gatherings.
The Governor Who Wasn’t There
The drip, drip, drip of possible scandal keeps falling on Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.).
Gov. Mark Sanford left the Governor’s Mansion without a security escort, 38 times in 2008. In the first six months of this year, he left the mansion without security, 39 times.
Those trips are about one-third of the 195 trips Sanford made from [...]
“You’d Like to Think That Those Values Apply to Government”
This is the best political ad of the decade, in retrospect.
Mark Sanford Changes His Story
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.
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