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Jenny Sanford Endorses Candidate for SC Governor

Influential first lady could give crucial boost to Nikki Haley

Nov 12, 09 1:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Jenny Sanford is getting back into politics—by endorsing a relative underdog in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary. Mark Sanford's estranged wife announced her support for Nikki Haley, a "principled, conservative, tough and smart” candidate, in the five-way race for the nomination to replace her husband. Haley was... More »

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South Carolina • infidelity • adultery • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Appalachian Trail • Jenny Sanford • Republican governor • marital infidelity • Nikki Haley

 SC Hopes Its Dumb Pols 
 Don't Hurt Economy, Too 

Jokes are bad, but Sanford, Wilson messes could scare off more business

Oct 21, 09 7:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fact that two of its more prominent politicians—Gov. Mark Sanford and Rep. Joe Wilson—are the butt of recent political jokes is no laughing matter in South Carolina, where memories of the fight over flying the Confederate flag are still scaring off business and tourism. The firestorm around... More »

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South Carolina • unemployment • Confederate flag • political scandal • Mark Sanford • financial crisis • Joe Wilson

OPINION

 Top Public 
 Mea Culpas 

Not surprisingly, Bill Clinton is king of the list

Oct 3, 09 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Letterman’s acknowledgement yesterday of some skeletons in his closet is only the latest caught by television’s unforgiving lens; Lisa Todorovich runs down her faves on True/Slant:
  • Bill Clinton: The Democratic candidate, with wife Hillary alongside, cops to “mistakes in my marriage in a 1992
... More »

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entertainment • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Bill Clinton • Eliot Spitzer • Larry Craig • Monica Lewinsky • David Letterman • Jim McGreevey • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • public disclosure

 Jenny Sanford to Pen 
 'Inspirational Memoir' 

Ballantine Books won't disclose fee for May 2010 release

Sep 22, 09 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jenny Sanford will write an “inspirational memoir” to be released by Random House next spring, CNN reports. The publisher is mum on how much the estranged wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will get for her trouble. The fairer half of the couple has been fairly tight-lipped since... More »

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South Carolina • memoir • governor • political scandal • Random House • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • book deal • Jenny Sanford

 SC House 
 Republicans 
 Tell Sanford 
 to Resign 

Fellow Republicans slam governor in open letter

Sep 9, 09 5:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The majority of South Carolina’s House Republicans told Mark Sanford to resign today, the State reports. At least 60 of the 73 representatives signed a letter hand-delivered to Sanford’s office that slammed the governor’s scandalous actions as “destructive to our state's image on a worldwide stage,... More »

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Republican • South Carolina • House of Representatives • affair • governor • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair

queenan on labor day


 Say Goodbye to a Sad  
 Excuse for a Summer

When even Joe Biden doesn't make us laugh, something's gone wrong

Sep 7, 09 9:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer, and the last day of this exhausting season couldn't come soon enough, writes Joe Queenan in the Wall Street Journal. The weather's been lousy, the movies were mediocre, and Jon and Kate somehow convinced the nation that they mattered. And don't mention... More »

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Ted Kennedy • summer • Labor Day • Michael Jackson • Farrah Fawcett • Mark Sanford • nostalgia • 2009 • Jon and Kate Plus 8

INTERVIEW

 'Zen-Like' Sanford Embarks 
 on Forgiveness Tour 

South Carolina governor on 'forgiveness tour' despite mounting pressure

Sep 2, 09 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Carolina Republicans say they have the votes to impeach Mark Sanford, but the philandering governor tells the Wall Street Journal he's not going to "crawl into a cave." In his first major interview since his affair in Buenos Aires, Sanford says he has a "zen-like" acceptance... More »

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 Pressure Mounts 
 for Sanford 
 to Resign 

Republicans weighing whether to impeach Mark Sanford now, or wait for ethics probe

Aug 30, 09 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is running out of allies in his own political party, reports The State. Republicans at the state House Majority Caucus meeting yesterday bashed the scandal-plagued Sanford. Furious legislators called for his immediate resignation, though South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell urged holding off on any... More »

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(AP) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford rebuffed his lieutenant governor's call to resign today, two months after he admitted an affair, saying he will not be "railroaded" out of office and plans to finish his term. At a news conference hours after Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer called for him to... More »

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South Carolina • Argentina • governor • lieutenant governor • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Andre Bauer • Republican governor

(Newser) - The heat gets turned up on Mark Sanford today: His own lieutenant governor will ask him to resign, the State reports. Andre Bauer plans to make the request in both a news conference and in a personal letter to the embattled South Carolina governor. Bauer says he would serve out... More »

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South Carolina • sex scandal • governor • political scandal • Mark Sanford • Andre Bauer

INTERVIEW

 Jenny Sanford: 
 'The Ball Is 
 in His Court' 

She's graceful, has it together, but is 'not emotionless'

Aug 18, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jenny Sanford has become a hero to many, the wronged political wife who is neither bitter nor silent. But she is human, admitting to Vogue’s Rebecca Johnson that she Googled her husband’s mistress. Verdict? “She’s pretty.” Sanford, a conservative Christian but not of the... More »

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sex scandal • affair • political scandal • Mark Sanford • Jenny Sanford

(Newser) - His wife and kids have moved out, and now his career path looks a little shaky, too. "I'm dead politically," South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford told a radio station today. "I am not running for another office." Sanford made the rounds of local stations today, defending... More »

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 Sanford on Planes: 
 'I've Got a Busy Life' 

SC gov defends use of official aircraft

Aug 11, 09 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford defended his personal use of state-owned planes today, arguing that the competing demands of fatherhood and the governor’s office required that he mix business and family travel, the AP reports. "I've got a busy life, and I've tried as best I can to be a reasonable... More »

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South Carolina • air travel • fiscal conservatives • governor • airplane • Mark Sanford

INVESTIGATION

Sanford Flew
to Hair Cut,
Kids' Games
on State Dime

Gov racked up $400K
in travel, some illegal

Aug 10, 09 1:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford has repeatedly violated South Carolina law by using state aircraft for personal trips, an AP investigation has found. Records reveal that the philandering governor has used state planes to travel to dental appointments, his children's sporting events, and political party gatherings. One one occasion, Sanford used a state... More »

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ethics • travel • South Carolina • governor • Mark Sanford • travel expenses

 Jenny Sanford, Kids Move Out 


Aug 7, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The wife of South Carolina's philandering governor is moving out and taking the kids, the State reports. “I have decided to move back to our home in Charleston with our sons for the upcoming school year,” Mark Sanford's wife, Jenny, said in a statement released today. The... More »

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parenting • South Carolina • children • Charleston • infidelity • adultery • governor • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Columbia, SC • Jenny Sanford • Republican governor • moving

OPINION

 GOP Needs Its Brains Back 


Jul 31, 09 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican sycophants may think Sarah Palin’s resignation was brilliant, “but don’t kid yourself,” writes Robert Eisinger in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The GOP is in trouble.” The party has lost its intellectual coherence, and if it wants it back, it’s got to look beyond... More »

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Mitt Romney • Newt Gingrich • conservative • Rob Portman • Republican Party • John Sununu • academics • Sarah Palin • Mark Sanford • intellectual

OPINION

 Media Should 
 Learn From 
 Cronkite: Grow 
 a Backbone 


Today's press too cozy with Washington

Jul 26, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - It wasn’t Walter Cronkite’s “avuncular persona” or his reaction to the JFK assassination that made him “the most trusted man in America,” Frank Rich writes in the New York Times—it was his willingness to challenge the halls of power. That’s become increasingly rare... More »

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media • Washington Post • press • Frank Rich • American media • Iraq war • Walter Cronkite • Mark Sanford

ANALYSIS

Power Meets Prayer at DC 'Family' House

C Street House members believe they 'transcend morality'

Jul 21, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The C Street House, the Capitol Hill religious enclave that Mark Sanford, John Ensign, and Chip Pickering have in common, is more than a residence that happened to shelter three lawmakers involved in recent sex scandals, writes Jeff Sharlet in Salon. "If sexual license was all the Family offered... More »

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sex scandal • religion • Charles Grassley • Tom Coburn • Chip Pickering • John Ensign • Washington, DC • Mark Sanford • Jim DeMint • C Street • C Street House

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

ANALYSIS

Marital Woes Strike Ensign's Ex-Housemate

'Christian fellowship home' in DC was also Sanford hangout

Jul 17, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Add Chip Pickering to the list of Republicans with fidelity issues: The former congressman’s estranged wife is suing his mistress for alienation of affection—in essence, destroying the Pickerings' marriage, TPM Muckracker reports. Oddly enough, Pickering lived in a Capitol Hill home that operates as a sort of boarding... More »

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Congress • GOP • affair • infidelity • Chip Pickering • John Ensign • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • C Street • Leisha Pickering

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