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South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.
Disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford might not have much political capital these days, but his wife is using hers.
South Carolina's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an ethics investigation into Gov. Mark Sanford's travel must be made public, clearing the way for lawmakers considering impeachment to review a report on the probe.
South Carolina lawmakers will not consider a move to impeach Republican Gov. Mark Sanford anytime soon.
A South Carolina legislator says he expects to introduce a resolution to impeach Republican Gov. Mark Sanford for skipping the state for five days in June to rendezvous with his lover.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday lawmakers should look at problems at the Employment Security Commission when they return to the Statehouse next week in an effort to ensure more workers don't lose emergency jobless benefits.
When a Highway Patrol trooper told a driver Tuesday that there was no good reason for him to blaze down a busy stretch of South Carolina interstate at 85 mph, he got a surprising reply: "Tell him that."
An official says the Highway Patrol stopped embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's car for speeding this week but the trooper let the politician's protective detail driver go without a ticket.
Lawyers representing South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford in an ethics investigation are asking the state Supreme Court to keep the report out of the hands of a Legislature expected to consider impeaching him.
The wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who separated from her husband in the wake of his affair with an Argentine woman, is writing a memoir.
A South Carolina legislator has filed a defamation lawsuit over an anonymous letter mailed to her Spartanburg County constituents that suggests she had an affair with Gov. Mark Sanford.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, already facing scrutiny for expensive taxpayer-funded flights, relied on charter jet services costing more than $63,000 when traveling in Europe on two state business trips, an Associated Press investigation has found.
The Department of Homeland Security suspended South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's security clearance following his emotional confession to an affair with an Argentine woman due to concerns about his trustworthiness, according to documents a newspaper obtained through an open records request.
Republican Gov. Mark Sanford is no stranger to going it alone — and nearly three months after calling his mistress his "soul mate," he's been virtually marooned.
Sixty South Carolina House Republicans are asking Gov. Mark Sanford to resign.
Calls are growing louder for Gov. Mark Sanford to resign over his extramarital affair and questionable travel on commercial, state and private planes.
The head of the South Carolina Ethics Commission is confirming that an investigation of Gov. Mark Sanford's travel has been going on for 10 days.
Republican legislators fumed Saturday over Gov. Mark Sanford's affair and questionable travel, though they stopped short of trying to force his resignation or impeachment before they return to the Statehouse in January.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford took dozens of undisclosed flights on private planes since taking office in 2003 despite a state law requiring him to report who paid for the travel, an Associated Press investigation has found.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Thursday that a state senator shouldn't single him out by investigating his travels after other governors bought pricey flights for years.
In the latest issue of Vogue magazine, the wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says that finding out about her husband’s affair with an Argentine woman felt like “punches to the gut.” Regarding the future of their marriage, she said, “The ball is in his court.”
Gov. Mark Sanford headed to Florida on Friday for a refresher course with the Air Force Reserves while a South Carolina ethics panel considered whether to investigate his state plane use and his flights on commercial airlines.
South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she feels sorry for her husband's Argentine lover and believes the philandering governor's affair is almost like an addiction to alcohol or pornography.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford broke state law when he charged taxpayers for more expensive business and first-class flights, according to the chairman of the legislative committee investigating Sanford's international travel.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford used state aircraft for personal and political trips, often bringing along his wife and children — contrary to state law regarding official use, an Associated Press investigation has found.
In August 2008, John Edwards admitted to having an extramarital affair with a campaign staff member. Today, more than a year later, the implications of the affair and its effect on Edward's marriage are still front page news.
S.C. ethics panel says too early for Sanford to block report - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.comThe State Ethics Commission says Gov. Mark Sanford is premature in trying to block the release of its preliminary investigation into allegations against the two-term Republican governor.
The Rachel Maddow Show: The Sorry State of South Carolinaexcerpt: ""Last night, we reported that South Carolina has among the country's worst women's reproductive health care. Rates of teen pregnancy, low birth weight infants, and infant mortality that are among the highest in the country.
Secret Agent Man: Gov. Mark Sanford Talks About His 'Secret Mission' In Life excerpt: ""South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford said that "everybody is assigned their own secret-agent mission in life" while reflecting on his political and personal missteps. "At times the tricky part, the hard part, is finding out what that secret-agent mission is," Sanford …
S.C. Gov. Sanford says God on his side - Washington TimesEmbattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford acknowledged Tuesday that he has been shaken by the failure of a single fellow Republican to back him in his fight to save his job, but vowed to fight on for conservative causes and for "what God wanted me to do with my life."
Congressional Sex Scandals Emanating From A House On Capitol Hill Shine Spotlight On 'The Family' – The Most Powerful Religious Right Group You've Never Heard OfBut what is The Family? How has it managed to get connected to so many legislators and powerful D.C. insiders? What does the group want?
Mark Sanford Opens Junk Yard in Spartanburg South CarolinaGovernor Mark Sanford called it quits in the world of politics recently, and while most thought he'd run off to Argentina, or at least leave the state, Spartanburg has received him with open arms since he announced his decision to move here and open up a junkyard with his illegit …
Impeachment in S.C.? State GOP may decide this weekend.Gov. Mark Sanford's political future is expected to be the main talking point at a meeting of Republican legislative leaders in Myrtle Beach.
South Carolina lieutenant governor calls for Mark Sanford to resign Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said on Wednesday that if Mr Sanford, whose term ends in 2011, steps down, he will renew his offer to stay out of the 2010 gubernatorial race.
Defiant Sanford refuses to resign, S.C. politics "paralyzed"His wife left the governor's mansion. His own party has censured him. And even Mark Sanford's own right-hand man, Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, now says the embattled executive and one-time presidential aspirant should step down for the good of the state.
Letter of South Carolina Governor Sanford to Lt. Governor BauerThanks but no thanks then
Sanford to respond to Bauer's call for resignation Should Sanford go? What's Bauer's real motives?
SC Governor didn't report flights taken.More trouble for embattled SC Governor Mark Sanford.
Mark Sanford Impeachment Considered By South Carolina House GOPThis weekend the House GOP will meet in Myrtle Beach and they will discuss Governor Mark Stanford's future. They will discuss how forcing him out would work and the issues involved in impeachment.
S.C. governor's wife: Husband 'obsessed' with mistress COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jenny Sanford, South Carolina's first lady, tells Vogue magazine that it's up to her husband if he wants their marriage to survive.
Jenny Sanford: Affair was like 'punches to gut'In the latest issue of Vogue magazine, the wife of S. C.Gov. Mark Sanford says that finding out about her husband's affair with an Argentine woman felt like "punches to the gut." Regarding the future of their marriage, she said, "The ball is in his court."
Christian magazine exposes 'The Family'Sustained media attention has focused on whether the C Street house conclaves had contributed to or condoned the breaking of marital vows: Just what was in the water at C Street to prompt the three—all GOP political and social conservatives who a decade ago called for former Pr …
A Sanford Political Death Wish? | NBC MiamiJenny was barely out the door before a South Carolina blog started speculating that perhaps this would be the moment when Sanford would bring his professed "soulmate", Maria Belen Chapur, across the border to stay with him.
S.C. Gov. Sanford is alone in the governor's mansionSouth Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford opened up about the state of his family on Wednesday — the first time he has done so since his wife, Jenny, moved out of the governor's mansion last week.
Look, maybe I'm saying this with tongue in cheek, or being facetious, or even intentionally ironic, but lately it seems like a lot of Republican politicians (particularly of the religious morality vein) are falling victim to "sins of the flesh," and it just seems kind of pathetic …
Sex and power inside "the C Street House"(Article via fellow viner JJP) An enlightening article concerning the powerful Washington secret cabal known as C Street, The Family and self styled as the "Christian Mafia". I was surprised to find my Democratic Senator named as one of its members.
Why do GOPers survive sex scandals When a Republican affair is exposed, the left seems to assume that the religious right, with the exacting moral standards it tends to laud, will have one less general leading its "pro family" brigade.
I'm deviating from my norm of left-leaning political analysis to present both sides with a postulation that can be either supported or rebutted.
Americans have a fondness for conspiracy theories. For some reason we either like or fear the notion of shadowy brotherhoods of influential power-brokers conspiring to alter the course of the nation.
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