Mark Sanford Affair

Clinton Press Secretary: Sanford Should Have Stopped Talking

Live 5 News | Hatzel Vela | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics


Spin doctors save politicians from their personal disasters. Governor Mark Sanford's spin doctors didn't take the right steps, said Mike McCurry, for...

Rita Allison Files Suit Over Letter Alleging Sanford Affair

AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina legislator has filed a defamation lawsuit over an anonymous letter mailed to her Spartanburg County constituen...

Bauer: Sanford And I Are Not Talking

www.dailygamecock.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


Once again, Bauer reiterated Sanford was ruining the state's reputation on the national radar and urged the governor to resign. He said he expects a "...

From Death Panel to Death Spiral

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

The GOP is not the party of small government and lower taxes. They are the Party of borrow and spend, big government and sex scandals.

Gov. Sanford Used State Aircraft To Travel To Vacation Spots, Kids' Sporting Events, His Hairdresser: AP Investigation

AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford used state aircraft for personal and political trips, often bringing along his wife and childr...

Love, Politics and The Media

Barbara Probst Solomon | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics


Barbara Probst Solomon

Though we have elevated women to prime political positions, the media has cast female politicians in an odd, almost asexual maternal role. They're not allowed to wander off the territory.

Revenge, European Style

Eva Nagorski | Posted 08.23.2009 | Style


Eva Nagorski

Europe's political wives are no longer standing by their men. In fact, they're more inclined to stand anywhere where they can give them a good clean kick in the derriere.

Sanford To Go On European Vacation With Family

AP | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and his family are heading to Europe for a long-planned family vacation. Sanford would not sa...

More People Want Chats With Mark Sanford After Affair

AP | MEG KINNARD | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics


GREER, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says it's time for him to put aside discussions of his extramarital affair and get back to work g...

South Carolina Republican Wants Investigation Of Sanford Affair

The Greenville News | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics


Sen. David Thomas said Thursday he plans to chair hearings into whether Gov. Mark Sanford spent any state money on his yearlong affair with an Argenti...

Handling the "Whoopses": Judge Sotomayor and The Art of Fixing a Misspeak.

Michael Maslansky | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics


Michael Maslansky

In today's age of the media microscope, every judge, politician or CEO has at least one "whoops" that they wish they hadn't said or done. The challenge is in how well you handle your critics.

Sanford Skips Meetings To Go On Trip With Wife

AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford headed out of state Wednesday for personal time with his wife, as the two try to reconcile, an...

Jason Linkins

Sanford's Media Emails: News Orgs Offered Friendly Spin [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media


Remember, not too long ago, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford just disappeared off the face of the earth to gently strum Spandau Ballet ballads on ...

Sanford's Affair Might Have Jeopardized His Top-Secret Clearance

US News and World Report | Paul Bedard | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics


South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's love-struck romp in Buenos Aires with his Argentine "soul mate" wasn't just a threat to his marriage, job, and pre...

Before She Met Mark: Jenny Sanford's Wall Street Past

Fortune | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


Long before she was the sad-eyed First Lady of The Palmetto State, Jenny Sullivan Sanford was a well-respected investment banker at Lazard Freres. In ...

Shut Up Sanford: Stewart Begs The S.C. Gov To Zip It (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 08.03.2009 | Comedy


As Jon Stewart pointed out last night, Mark Sanford is the luckiest man in the world: After confessing to an affair that could kill his political amb...

Jenny Sanford: 'I Am Willing To Forgive Mark'

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


More news from the Sanford camp. Jenny Sanford, wife of the love sick Gov. has just broken silence, for the first time since Gov. Sanford's AP interv...

Jason Linkins

The Mark Sanford Affair Commemorated In Poetry

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Republican legislators are wondering whether Mark Sanford has gone crazy. "That's a troubled man," said Sen. Harvey Peeler, R-Cherokee, a longtime Sa...

Sanford Has A Book Deal?

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


The latest chapter in Gov. Mark Sanford's sordid story: a book deal! His publisher told CNN Wednesday that the governor had been planning a book outl...

Sanford Backs Out Of Promise To Release Records

AP | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has backed out of a promise to release personal financial records to the media proving he did ...

Love Means Never Having To Say You're Resigning: A Reenactment Of The Sanford Affair (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 08.01.2009 | Comedy


Andy Cobb is back with the second installment of his conservative erotica series "Drill Baby Drill," which explores Republican writings on the topic o...

Maureen Dowd's Advice To Jenny Sanford: "Change The Locks"

The New York Times | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


Stay focused, ladies. Here is The Practical Guide to Help Spurned Political Wives Survive Old Problems in the Era of New Technology. 1. Skip the pres...

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...

Spitzer On Sanford: "I Didn't Fall In Love With Any Of Them"

The New York Post | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


THERE'S a huge difference between what South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford did, and what ex-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer did. "I didn't fall in love with ...

And The Rains Came

Sherman Yellen | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green


Sherman Yellen

The trouble this modern Noah faces is that virtually every wild animal is now an endangered species, as is much of mankind, so rule number one is no eating the passengers.