Stunning news as South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford admitted to an affair with an Argentine woman at a rambling press conference in Columbia after nearly a week he left town without notice.
Sanford led his staff to believe he was hiking along the Appalachian Trail but, in fact, was in Buenos Aires and was tracked down by a reporter from The State at an airport in Atlanta disembarking a flight from Argentina.
The State obtained several e-mails between Sanford and his Argentine lover.
Senator John Ensign admitted to an extra-marital affair last week. Some media described him as a “Republican presidential contender” but that was the first anybody heard of it. However, Sanford was a contender for the nomination in 2012 but this affair effectively derails that future. Besides with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani as potential candidates, is there really room for three Republican philanderers?
These latest developments bode well for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former Vice Presidential candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, barring any future meltdown of their own. And let’s be honest: we’re talking about Romney and Palin here. The opportunities for such are enormous.
Something to say?
