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(Newser) - Democratic Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad were fully aware they were getting sweetened mortgage deals, the Countrywide Financial exec who handled their loans has told congressional investigators. The testimony from the loan officer to the House Oversight and Senate Ethics committees directly contradicts the senators' assertions that they had... More »

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Chris Dodd • Countrywide Financial • mortgage loans • Senate Ethics Committee • political scandal • Kent Conrad • Robert Feinberg

COMMENTARY

Sanford: I Feel Like I Was
at My Own Funeral

'Broken' governor vows to be more 'humble' leader

Jul 19, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A “broken” Mark Sanford says the fallout from his admission of an extramarital affair has been like attending his own funeral, but he’s “thankful for the perspective it has afforded.” In a column for the Greenville News, the disgraced South Carolina governor shares the life lessons... More »

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South Carolina • sex scandal • affair • governor • political scandal • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair

(Newser) - A trove of emails from Mark Sanford's office contains no discussion of his recent disappearance or the resulting scandal, the State reports. Critics suspect the South Carolina governor is holding something back. “It’s a very legitimate suspicion,” a professor says. “Complex organizations in the 21st century... More »

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email • South Carolina • Argentina • infidelity • adultery • governor • political scandal • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Maria Belen Shapur • Republican governor

Sanford Disappeared Last Year, Too, Emails Show

Commerce secretary didn't know where to reach guv

Jul 16, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford’s recent Argentine excursion wasn’t the first time he had gone missing: His commerce secretary didn’t know where to reach him in June 2008, either, emails reveal. “Need contact number for (Sanford) ASAP,” the secretary wrote to a Sanford staffer on the 28th—a... More »

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taxes • email • South Carolina • affair • infidelity • adultery • governor • economic stimulus package • political scandal • Mark Sanford • Maria Belen Shapur • Republican governor

 Ensign: I Won't Quit, 
 and I'll Run Again 

Disgraced senator says supporters don't want him to resign

Jul 14, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. John Ensign says he’ll stick with his job and run for reelection despite news of his affair and his parents’ $96,000 payment to his mistress’ family, the Las Vegas Sun reports. The Republican says his supporters are telling him he shouldn’t resign, and “I fully... More »

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Senate • Senate Republicans • resignation • affair • John Ensign • political scandal • scandal • senator • re-election

(Newser) - The calls for Mark Sanford to resign are growing louder, but recent history suggests that the South Carolina governor has a chance to hold on, writes the Washington Times. While every politician who admits an affair faces calls to quit, only those who have committed real crimes are hounded from... More »

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South Carolina • sex scandal • Antonio Villaraigosa • David Vitter • Eliot Spitzer • affair • Kwame Kilpatrick • political scandal • Jim McGreevey • Mark Sanford

OPINION

Did Looming Building Scandal Spur Palin to Quit?

Sudden announcement puts Palins' ties to building firm in the spotlight

Jul 4, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the search on for budding scandals that might have prompted Sarah Palin's sudden resignation, her ties to a building company seem the likeliest prospect, writes Max Blumenthal at the Daily Beast. Rumors are flying in Alaska that investigators have seized paperwork to look for evidence that Spenard Building Supplies... More »

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Alaska • resignation • political scandal • scandal • Sarah Palin • Wasilla • Spenard Builders Supply

Sanford Didn't Use State Money for Trips: Cops

Inquiry finds he broke no laws, as governor says he won't resign

Jul 2, 09 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Carolina authorities say philandering Governor Mark Sanford did not use state funds to visit his Argentine mistress or break any laws, the State reports. “The man has been open with us,” said the director of the State Law Enforcement Division after an investigation. "We have... More »

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South Carolina • Argentina • governor • political scandal • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Reggie Lloyd • State Law Enforcement Division

analysis

Southern Cheaters Call on God—but Which God?

Sanford used God-talk in confession; Spitzer, McGreevey didn't

Jul 2, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford's liberal use of religious rhetoric in confessing his affair prompts Gustav Niebuhr to observe that whether Sanford is pandering or actually penitent, he is very much in the tradition of Southern politicians caught in scandal. Bill Clinton, David Vitter, and John Edwards all applied an ample dose of... More »

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Southeast • Christianity • religion • affair • scripture • cheating • political scandal • conservatism • Mark Sanford

OPINION

 Jenny Sanford  
 a Model for the 
 Betrayed 

Guv's wife 'neither enabler nor victim'

Jul 1, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jenny Sanford is showing the world “a new and improved version of the betrayed political spouse—neither enabler nor victim,” writes Ruth Marcus in the Washington Post. She’s not taking the stand-by-the-cheater for the cameras approach; she hasn’t released a “supportive” and “euphemistic” statement.... More »

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affair • cheating • political scandal • Mark Sanford • spouse • role model • Jenny Sanford • women's issues

OPINION

 How Sanford Can 
 Get His Groove Back   

Four tricks up his sleeve to win back the public

Jun 30, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford has fallen from grace, but he possesses the know-how to make his way back, writes Roger Simon of Politico. What the philandering governor has going for him:
  • "He knows how to use people." Just look at his marriage: His wife ran his campaign in 1994,
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South Carolina • infidelity • adultery • governor • political scandal • Lindsay Graham • Mark Sanford • Election 2010 • Jenny Sanford • Maria Belen Shapur • Republican governor

Sanford Emails Apologies to Constituents

Rambling missive says new 'humility' could make him better gov

Jun 30, 09 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an online apology to South Carolinians, Mark Sanford asks for forgiveness and explains his decision to keep his post in an effort to become “a better person,” WLTX reports. “Close friends” suggested he’d be “of more service in whatever doors God opened next in... More »

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email • South Carolina • infidelity • adultery • apology • governor • political scandal • Mark Sanford • Jenny Sanford • Maria Belen Shapur • Republican governor

Sanford Scandal Divides SC
Republicans

Controversial lieutenant gov would get office, jump on 2010 race

Jun 29, 09 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Term limits mean Mark Sanford must leave the South Carolina governor's office in 2010, and some state Republicans are hoping he doesn't go anywhere before then, Politico reports. They may be unhappy with his recent conduct, but should he resign, the office would go to a lieutenant governor who’s... More »

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primary • campaign • governor • political scandal • lieutenant governor • Mark Sanford • Election 2010 • Republicans • Andre Bauer

(Newser) - Mark Sanford’s affair stemmed from his love of a woman—and his love of the “dashing new version of himself he saw in her molten eyes,” writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. Mark, the Sanford we knew, “was the self-righteous, Bible-thumping prig who pressed... More »

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South Carolina • Republican Party • affair • Maureen Dowd • hypocrisy • governor • political scandal • Mark Sanford

Rush: Blame Obama for AWOL Sanford

Gov bolted because country's 'going to hell in a handbasket'

Jun 26, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh has a novel theory about why Mark Sanford left the US: He was sick of the way the country’s being run. The South Carolina governor's disappearance, it seems, was President Obama’s fault, the Huffington Post reports. “This is almost like: I don't give a damn!... More »

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entertainment • Democrats • Republican • talk radio • South Carolina • Rush Limbaugh • affair • infidelity • governor • political scandal • political criticism • Mark Sanford • President Obama • blame • Republican governor

OPINION

 Lesson Learned 
 From Sanford: 
 He's Nuts 

Another middle-aged heterosexual leader trips up

Jun 25, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford’s appearance yesterday taught us something important: He’s “a complete loony,” writes Gail Collins in the New York Times. We should thank him, really, for providing us with a governor “weirder than Rod Blagojevich and less responsible than Eliot Spitzer.” Once, he was... More »

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South Carolina • governor • Gail Collins • political scandal • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair

ANALYSIS

 Twitchy GOP 
 Absorbs Yet 
 Another Scandal 

From Sanford to Ensign, Republican leaders are falling down

Jun 25, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford caused the GOP enough of a headache when he disappeared—but coming back to South Carolina only made it worse. The second Republican sex scandal in a week has left party leaders angry and exhausted, reports the New York Times, and has them wondering whether they can mount... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • sex scandal • Republican Party • Bobby Jindal • John Ensign • Grover Norquist • political scandal • Sarah Palin • Mark Sanford • Election 2012

ANALYSIS

 Why GOP Sees Hope for 2010 

GOP could mount a comeback, if it plays smart

Jun 24, 09 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - They got an electoral thumping in 2006 and did no better in 2008, but Republicans may be getting their groove back. The GOP is still polling at record lows, and the Ensign scandal won’t help the party buck its reputation for moral hypocrisy. Yet, Politico reports, the opposition is... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • politics • deficit • Republican Party • unemployment • John Ensign • Republican strategy • political scandal • 2010 election

 Berlusconi: I 
 Don't Even 
 Like Hookers 

Italian PM denies scandal, says call girls aren't to his taste

Jun 24, 09 4:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has denied that he paid prostitutes who attended parties at his official residences, reports the BBC. Berlusconi told a gossip magazine that the call girl who alleged she was paid over $1000 to sleep with him was "extremely well paid" by a political opponent... More »

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prostitution • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • call girl • prostitution scandal • Patrizia D'Addario

(Newser) - Disgraced Sen. John Ensign gave Republican colleagues a well-received apology today for “embarrassing the Senate” by having an affair, the Hill reports. One colleague said the apology was “very contrite, very sincere.” Sen. Orrin Hatch pointed out that “everybody has flaws,” and said “all... More »

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Harry Reid • GOP • Mitch McConnell • Senate Republicans • Orrin Hatch • apology • Nevada • John Ensign • political scandal • extramarital affair

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