goupstate.us - 7/1/2009
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If you saw the wire story we ran in today's paper about embattled S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford , you may have noticed quotes from a few local fellows inserted in. What started out as a localized story (with me helping out master reporter Bob Dalton) quickly turned into an, "OK, this AP story is ...
thestate.com - 7/1/2009
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thestate.com —
Six of 27 members of the conservative Senate
Republican Caucus Tuesday night issued a letter calling on...
Gov. Mark Sanford to resign. Two additional senators considered among Sanford’s staunchest allies, also said they want him to resign though ...
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New sex revelations fuel calls for resignation
kdka.com - 6/30/2009
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kdka.com —
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford called his Argentine
mistress his "soul mate" Tuesday, but said that he...
would try to fall back in love with his wife. Sanford also admitted that he saw his mistress more times than previously disclosed, including what ...
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Sanford Calls Mistress His 'Soul Mate'
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Inglis invokes Palin in defense of Sanford
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... South Carolina Rep. Bob Englis (R) defended his governor, Mark Sanford, in a way this week that might not endear him to a least part of his party. In an interview with Spartanburg Herald-Journal's Jason Spencer, Inglis invokes GOP lightning and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin when asked about Sanford's ability to govern amidst a personal crisis. "I don't think that's a problem," Inglis said. "We are all coping in our private lives with personal issues. That would be like saying Sarah Palin shouldn't be governor of Alaska because she has a special needs child. Gov. Palin is coping ...
Inglis likens Sanford's governing challenge to that of Palin...
Ben Smith's Blog —
... but the way he did so may raise some eyebrows.
Rep. Bob Inglis, an upstate South Carolina Republican, put it this way to the Spartanburg Herald-Journal's Jason Spencer:
On Sanford's ability to govern while dealing with a personal crisis:
“I don’t think that’s a problem. We are all coping in our private lives with personal issues. That would be like saying Sarah Palin shouldn’t be governor of Alaska because she has a special needs child. Gov. Palin is coping with a special needs child. That’s a lot to put on somebody. ...
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Forgive Sanford? —
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Sanford Loses Book Deal —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 7/2/2009
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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.
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