“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.

DeMint: Uncommitted on the Fate of Sanford

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…

Impeach Clinton, Forgive Sanford

Chris Cilllizza was so impressed by the performance of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he asks whether the senator might be a “new Republican leader.” I’m skeptical about the chances of someone who has truly enraged the base of his party over immigration, and More…

CREW Goes After Mark Sanford

The ethics watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is hounding the governor even as the media spotlight (temporarily?) flits elsewhere. It’s filed a compliant with South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and with the State Ethics Commission. Politically and legally, it’s probably not as big a worry More…

Coming in March: Mark Sanford’s Book

Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin, is still on track to publish Gov. Mark Sanford’s (R-S.C.) book “Within Our Means.” The New York Observer checked in with publisher Adrian Zackheim and associate publisher Will Weisser.

“Adrian has checked in but we haven’t made any decisions,” Mr. Weisser said. “Obviously, there’s

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South Carolina Poll: 60 Percent Want Sanford to Resign, 28-Point Gap Between Blacks and Whites

SurveyUSA has the results of an ugly round of South Carolina polling:

Based on what you know, should Gov. Mark Sanford remain in office?

Remain in office – 34 percent
Resign - 60 percent
Not sure – 5 percent

Strikingly, the gap between white and black opinion is More…

Outrage Watch: John Kerry

Fox Nation is promoting this story, which means that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) will join the food fight any moment now.

[Kerry] was telling a group of business and civic leaders in town at his invitation about the “bizarre’’ tale of how South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford had “disappeared

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Conservatives Write Off Sanford as a National Leader

At the Washington, D.C. office of FreedomWorks, the conservative non-profit that has promoted and trained organizers of anti-tax Tea Parties, no one knew what Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) was going to say. A TV was tuned to the press conference Sanford had called to explain a confusing four-day absence from More…

From the Mind of a Sanford Aide

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

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