Embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford plans to return to work Friday, despite calls for him to resign because of a sex scandal. “After spending Thursday with his family in Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, Governor Mark Sanford has returned to Columbia and plans on holding a Cabinet meeting on Friday,” his office told CNN by e-mail Thursday, a day after he admitted having an extramarital affair with an Argentine woman
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South Carolina’s Sanford faces uncertain future
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s office is in damage-control mode Thursday, a day after the Republican governor tearfully admitted he’s been having an extramarital affair
Straying Governor Mark Sanford
It’s become something of a club, and not a particularly exclusive one at that: promising political figures with presidential aspirations knocked dramatically off course by marital infidelity. The latest member is Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina. In a bracing news conference June 24, the 49-year-old confessed to an affair with an Argentine woman following a bizarre six-day disappearance that grabbed national headlines when his own staff and family claimed ignorance about his whereabouts
Sanford took state-funded trip to Argentina last June
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford visited Argentina exactly one year ago as part of a state-funded trade mission, according to a copy of the trip itinerary obtained by CNN. Sanford admitted Wednesday that he’d been having an extramarital affair with a Buenos Aires woman.
Gov. returning to S.C. after worries, criticism over whereabouts
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Mystery solved: South Carolina governor taking a hike
A mystery surrounding the whereabouts of South Carolina Gov.
Palin center of attention at big GOP dinner
Newt Gingrich was the keynote speaker at Monday night’s fundraising dinner for the Senate and House Republican campaign committees, but it was Sarah Palin who stole the show. The Alaska governor’s last-minute appearance at the GOP’s biggest fundraiser of the year ended 24 hours of speculation that the she might skip the event. A late attempt to have her speak at the dinner fell through when organizers feared she might upstage Gingrich, the onetime House speaker.
Governor Perry’s Tantrum: So What if Texas Secedes?
Happily, it is still possible to visit Texas without a passport — even though the governor seems to be taking the state’s tagline more seriously than ever: “Texas: it’s like a whole other country.” Governor Rick Perry didn’t actually endorse secession when he spoke at an antitax tea party at Austin city hall.
Palin applauded at anti-abortion event in Indiana
She came, she spoke and she rocked the house. Officials at the Vanderburgh County Right to Life banquet in Indiana didn’t think there was much chance Alaska Gov.
Kurtz: Should media steer clear of Palin-Johnston saga?
On last Sunday’s "Reliable Sources," I made a last-minute decision to add an item about Bristol Palin’s ex-boyfriend — not because I’m particularly fascinated by the ex-boyfriend, mind you, but because Sarah Palin had just ripped Levi Johnston apart.