politico.com - 7/3/2009
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Rep. Joe Wilson, a Columbia-area Republican congressman, Thursday urged Gov. Mark Sanford to resign, according to a source close to Wilson.
Wilson spoke to Sanford on the phone after the embattled governor reached out to him.
Wilson, a retired Colonel in the National Guard, ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 7/2/2009
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
Gov. Mark Sanford’s book deal has officially fallen
through. (CNN) – Gov. Mark Sanford and his publisher...
have parted ways. "Sentinel has agreed to release Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina from his contract to write a book about fiscal ...
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Sanford book deal falls through
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Video: Jon Stewart on Sanford and his Hello Kitty diary
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Gets steadily better as it goes along. If there’s any silver lining for the GOP in Sanford’s meltdown, it’s that his weirdness has become so singular that no longer can the scandal safely be spun as somehow typical of the party. The guy is sui generis; even coming on the heels of Ensign’s affair, this is now less a narrative about Republicans not being able to keep it in their pants than it is about a midlife crisis gone horribly, embarrassingly wrong. As such, I think the calls for him to step down are less about protecting the state party than simply urging a man who needs ...
Friday links – Palin resigning “within weeks,” Obama slammed on Honduras stance, etc
Sister Toldjah —
... —– Ben Smith notes that a second SC Congressman has called on Governer Sanford to step down. ...
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Sanford Loses Book Deal —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 7/2/2009
Susan Davis reports on politics.
A week after he admitted to an extramarital affair, South Carolina Republican Gov. Mark Sanford has lost his book deal with Sentinel, a conservative outfit under the Penguin Group.
“Sentinel has agreed ...
GOP watch: Censuring Sanford —
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Here’s Politico’s take on last night’s censure of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford: "The South Carolina Republican Party voted to censure Gov. Mark Sanford Monday -- rather than call for his resignation -- an outcome that makes it likely the GOP ...
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