Governor Mark Sanford

Jenny Sanford Barbara Walters Interview: I Wouldn't Have Stood With The Governor, Even If He Asked Me

AP | BRUCE SMITH | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics


CHARLESTON, S.C. — Even if her straying husband had asked her to, South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she wouldn't have stood with Gov....

S.C. Impeachment? Lawmakers Debate Ousting Gov. Mark Sanford

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics


Lawmakers debating whether or not Gov. Mark Sanford should be impeached are focusing on his tryst in Argentina, reports the New York Times, and the fa...

Mark Sanford: Cheating SC Gov Says God Will Make Him Better

AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair, wrote in an opinion piece...

Governor Sanford Needs an Intervention Before It's Too Late

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Yvonne R. Davis

Sanford needs more than just a few Republicans calling him up, and asking him to step down. He needs someone who can come and help save him from himself.

Bill Bennett: Sanford Is Oversharing, 'Embarassing' Himself

cnn.com | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


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The Great Issue of Our Times: Megan Fox or Jenny Sanford?

David Wild | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


David Wild

I don't know much about Mrs. Sanford, but I'm pretty sure about this: she is way too good for some creepy, lying idiot like Mark Sanford.

Limbaugh: "Liberal Infobabes" "In Heat" Over Sanford Affair (AUDIO)

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics


Rush Limbaugh used his radio show on Tuesday to discuss an important issue: the "liberal infobabes" reporting on the Mark Sanford controversy. Limbau...

The Morality Police and the Divine Feminine

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living


Dr. Susan Corso

I am appalled at the coverage of Governor Mark Sanford's infidelity to his wife and sons. I am appalled at the moral posturing. I am appalled that we think we have the right.

Get Politics Out of the Bedroom and Politicians' Bedrooms Out of Politics

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

Here's the deal America should make with our politicians. You stay out of our bedroom, and we'll stay out of yours.

Craig Ferguson Devotes Entire Monologue To Mark Sanford: Applauds Jenny For Not Standing By Her "Douchebag" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 07.26.2009 | Comedy


Craig Ferguson opened his show with a sigh of relief and joy last night saying, "It's one of these days if you're a guy who hosts a late night talk sh...

Mark Sanford: The Musical -- Don't Cry For Me Right Wing Media

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 07.25.2009 | Comedy


Matthew Filipowicz

I wonder if Sanford will sing another song about using taxpayer money to fly to see his mistress? Especially after trying to refuse federal funds to help the unemployed?

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour To Replace Sanford As Head Of Republican Governors Association

CNN | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics


Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has assumed the chairmanship of the Republican Governors Association, CNN has learned....

Sanford and Sin

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics


Jacob Heilbrunn

The subject of adultery won't be going away, at least as long as the GOP depicts itself as, on the one hand, a bastion of morals, and keeps getting singed by its peccadilloes, on the other.

Court Orders Gov. Sanford To Accept Stimulus Money

AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's Supreme Court ordered Gov. Mark Sanford on Thursday to request $700 million in federal stimulus money aimed pr...

Court Tears Apart Gov. Sanford's Stimulus Refusal

Associated Press | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics


UPDATE: The South Carolina Supreme Court has ordered Gov. Mark Sanford to apply for the disputed $700 million in federal stimulus money. The court vo...

Mark Sanford Stimulus Funds Battle Headed To Court

The State | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics


Gov. Mark Sanford vetoed nearly all of the state's $5.7 billion spending plan Tuesday, a move lawmakers are expected to override today in the latest ...

Sanford Gives In On Stimulus, Will Seek Funds For South Carolina

McClatchy | James Rosen | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics


Gov. Mark Sanford will comply with a midnight Friday stimulus deadline and become the last governor in the nation to seek millions of dollars in feder...

Sanford's Proposed Use Of Stimulus Money Risks 4,700 Jobs: Officials

Greenville Online | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics


The White House rejected Gov. Mark Sanford's request to use $700 million in economic stimulus money to pay down South Carolina's debt, and a state leg...

DNC Accuses South Carolina Gov. Of 'Playing Politics' In New Ad (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics


South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who has raised the ire of state and Capitol Hill lawmakers (and the unemployed) this week for announcing his dec...

Race and Symbolism in the House Gallery

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

The very public display of Ty'Sheoma Bethea's struggle illustrates the heartlessness of Governor Sanford's posturing against accepting badly needed stimulus money for South Carolina.