Sanford Affair

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...

In the Know: Scandalous Political Affairs

Karin Tanabe | Posted 11.10.2009 | Style


Karin Tanabe

Many Washingtonians are au courant with their employers' bedroom lambadas, but it's an ethical dilemma to be the confidant in a headline-worthy affair.

Jenny Sanford Still Wants To Save Marriage, Friends Say

AP | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's first lady Jenny Sanford is working to fix her shattered marriage after her husband admitted a yearlong affair...

South Carolina Citizens To Sanford: Can You Focus On Your Job?

AP | MEG KINNARD | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


GREENVILLE, S.C. — Even South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's supporters are asking if he can remain focused on state business during his final 16 ...

Gov. Sanford Defends Use Of State Plane For Family Trips: "I've Got A Busy Life"

AP | MEG KINNARD | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on Tuesday justified his use of state planes for personal trips in which he often brought alon...

July 27 2009 - News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


Richard Valeriani

Senate Majority Leaders Harry Reid says no vote on Obama health care plan until after recess. If ever.

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.

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...

Joel Sawyer, Sanford's Communications Director, Resigns

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics


Gov. Mark Sanford's affair has resulted in at least one break-up. Joel Sawyer, the governor's communications director, has announced he will depart hi...

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...

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 ...

Governor Playboy the Antithesis of a GOP Standard-Bearer

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


Derrick K. Baker

Gov. Sanford had as much business criticizing President Clinton as Michael Vick would have if he joined PETA to speak out against women who wear fur.

July 6 2009 News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


Richard Valeriani

Alaska Gov. Palin resigns, suggesting the media won't have Sarah to kick around any more. That's what you think, Sarah. Meanwhile tweets she's gone ...

Poll: Majority Of South Carolinians Want Sanford Out

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics


A new poll suggests that a majority of people in South Carolina want Governor Mark Sanford to resign. The poll, released by Survey USA, measured the ...

Palin, Sanford and the Art of Spontaneous Combustion

Eric Dezenhall | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics


Eric Dezenhall

The one word that surfaces in virtually all scandal media analysis is "mishandled," as in "How could Palin and Sanford have mishandled their crises so badly?"

Some Poetic Advice for a Love-Struck Governor

John Lundberg | Posted 08.05.2009 | Living


John Lundberg

The great Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (and who can resist an Argentine) once wrote: If I could live again my life, In the next - I'll try, - t...

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...

Jenny Sanford Is a Bummer

Michael Wolff | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Michael Wolff

How come Jenny Sanford has become a heroine for American women in the new sex wars?

Mark Sanford: Reality Television Superstar

Scott Brown | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Scott Brown

Sanford now seems to be attempting to evolve into the shirtless telenovela Casanova he always imagined himself to be. But in the process, he's finding his true calling: as a reality TV star.

When the Sanctity of Marriage Becomes Sanctimonious

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Robert J. Elisberg

f I'm having open-heart surgery, I care only that the person performing it is a freaking-great doctor. Not who he is sleeping with. That's who I feel about politicians, too. But what I do care about is hypocrisy.

Sanford: 39 Trips With No Security In 2009

The State | CLIF LeBLANC | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


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 w...

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...

Sanford vs. Stanford: Which One is the Philander and Which One is the Swindler?

Bill Katovsky | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


Bill Katovsky

Sanford, judging from his media mea culpas, is a gushing torrent of public self-flagellation, backed by a biblical rationalization. Stanford is much more unrepentant.

Sanford Resignation Called For By More Republicans After Latest Revelations

The State | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


Six of 27 members of the conservative Senate Republican Caucus Tuesday night issued a letter calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to resign....

Governor Sanford and the Failure of Moral Politics

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics


Emma Ruby-Sachs

It's satisfying to lambast a staunch social conservative for an extramarital affair on another continent. But the real failure in this sad story is a political platform based on a personal moral code.