Does the ‘love factor’ make SC governor more or less sympathetic to his state? To his wife?If you’re a governor who’s in the doghouse for marital infidelity, is it better to have loved and lost or never to have loved at all? SC governor admits seeing mistress on state-funded trip was bad judgment, but was it illegal?COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admits he used bad judgment when he secretly visited his mistress during a state-funded trip to Argentina last year. But did he break the law? SC gov admits seeing mistress on state-funded trip was bad judgment, but was it illegal?COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admits he used bad judgment when he secretly visited his mistress during a state-funded trip to Argentina last year. But did he break the law? Governor Sanford’s wife warned him not to travel to ArgentinaCOLUMBIA - Jenny Sanford, the wife of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who has admitted to an extramarital affair, has said she had warned him not to travel to Argentina to visit his mistress. AP INTERVIEW: SC first lady warned gov not to see mistress again, shocked by Argentina tripSULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. — South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford sat in her oceanfront living room Friday, recalling how her husband repeatedly asked permission to visit his lover in the months after she discovered his affair. AP INTERVIEW: SC 1st lady warned gov not to see mistress again, shocked by Argentina tripSULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. — When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford disappeared, his wife hoped he was really hiking on the Appalachian Trail as his staff had claimed. Like the rest of America, she was stunned to find out he had dared to go to Argentina to see his mistress, a trip she told him not to take. SC governor tells state agency chiefs he’s sorry but everyone needs to keep workingCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford got back to work Friday, but first he had some more apologizing to do. South Carolina 1st lady says letter tipped her to husband’s affair; shocked by Argentina tripSULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. — South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she discovered her husband’s affair in January when she found a letter to the governor from his mistress. AP Newsbreak: SC lieutenant governor doesn’t call for Mark Sanford to resign over affairCOLUMBIA, S.C. — The man who would replace South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford if he resigned over his affair with a woman in Argentina said Friday he wasn’t calling for the governor’s resignation, and would try to help him through the next year and a half. Governor Sanford’s beautiful Argentine mistress identified as Maria Belen ChapurNEW YORK - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s Argentine mistress has been identified as Maria Belen Chapur, a 43-year-old divorcee and high-powered international businesswoman. Disgraced South Carolina governor seeks to do damage control; politicians call for resignationCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admits he used taxpayer money to see his mistress in Argentina and plans to repay the cash. SC first lady says husband has to worry about his own career; she is focused on familyCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says her cheating husband can worry about his own career. She is concerning herself with their four sons. Unlike many jilted first ladies, Jenny Sanford didn’t stand by SC gov as he admitted affairCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Jenny Sanford did not stand by her man. SC gov says he’s focused on family after affair, shakes his head no when asked if he’ll resignCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford tells reporters staking out his beach home that he’s focusing on his family right now. RNC member asks for unfaithful SC governor to resign to spare party, practice his rhetoricCOLUMBIA, S.C. — A top South Carolina Republican leader says philandering Gov. Mark Sanford should resign and practice the philosophy he’s preached of holding GOP leaders accountable. For SC governor, year of concealing affair ends with e-mails revealed, shame confessedCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Six bronze stars punctuate the smooth granite walls of the copper-domed State House. Each marks a scar left by the cannons of invading Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s bombardment of the capital in the final months of the Civil War. After admitting affair, SC gov spends time with jilted family; ethical, legal questions growCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was with his family Thursday as legal and ethical questions swirled over his secret trip to see a woman in Argentina with whom he admitted an affair. After admitting affair, SC Gov. Sanford spending time with jilted family at their beach houseCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Mark Sanford is with his family following the startling confession that he has been having a yearlong extramarital affair with a woman from Argentina. SC Gov. Sanford gives up moral high ground, hope for political agenda after admitting affairCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s governor once cited “moral legitimacy” when he was a congressman voting for President Bill Clinton’s impeachment. He became a darling of fiscal conservatives over his ideological opposition to federal stimulus cash. After admitting affair, SC Gov. Sanford gives up moral high ground, hope for political agendaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faced legal and ethical questions Thursday as he fought to save his job after admitting having an affair with a woman from Argentina. Text of South Carolina first lady’s statement following governor’s admission of affairSouth Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford issued the following statement Wednesday after her husband’s admission to an extramarital affair: SC governor admits affair, resigns national GOP post after secret visit to woman in ArgentinaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — After going AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair. Wiping away tears, he apologized to his family and gave up a national Republican Party post, but was silent on whether he would resign. Cheating takes toll on SC Gov. Mark Sanford’s top political adviser: his wifeCOLUMBIA, S.C. — When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford cheated on his wife, he also betrayed his top political adviser. How did Sanford think he could get away with it? Arrogance and hubris perhapsNEW YORK — How did he think he could get away with it? SC governor admits affair, resigns GOP post after misleading staff about South American tripCOLUMBIA, S.C. — After going AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair. Wiping away tears, he apologized to his family and gave up a national Republican Party post, but was silent on whether he would resign. SC first lady says she asked governor to leave 2 weeks before his public admission of affairCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s first lady says she asked Gov. Mark Sanford to leave home and stop talking to her two weeks before he publicly admitted an affair with a woman he visited on a secret trip to Argentina. SC Gov. Mark Sanford admits affair, resigns as chairman of Republican Governors AssociationCOLUMBIA, S.C. — After going AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair. Wiping away tears, he apologized to his family and gave up a national Republican Party post, but was silent on whether he would resign. SC Gov. Mark Sanford says he’s been unfaithful to his wife with friend from ArgentinaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — After going AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he’d secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he’d been having an affair. He apologized to his wife and four sons and said he will resign as head of the Republican Governors Association. South Carolina Gov. Sanford reportedly wanted to do something exotic and went to ArgentinaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said he “wanted to do something exotic” to unwind after losing a fight over federal stimulus money and was in Argentina during his unexplained absence, not hiking the Appalachian Trail as his staff told the public when questioned about his whereabouts, a newspaper reported. SC gov plans to talk to reporters after returning from mystery trip; says he was in ArgentinaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Mark Sanford told a newspaper he was in Argentina, not hiking the Appalachian Trail as his staff had told the public to explain his sudden absence. He said he “wanted to do something exotic” to unwind after losing a fight over federal stimulus money. |