Posted by
Bill Crawford on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:25:48 PM
This is a shame, a crying shame. I had a lot of stock in Governor Sanford. He was a straight up guy who was personable, intelligent and had some hopes for national office that I would have cheered.
And for whatever reasons he did, he went and had a failure like that. He handled it like a conservative should, facing down all the people involved first, and then laying it all out for the public and throwing himself on the mercy of the voters.
He is a Republican, and this will hurt him badly. Democrats can run their secretaries off of bridges and stick around to be the "Lion of the Senate", but Republicans eat their young. If you don't believe that, ask Trent Lott.
I've seen a more than a few good people in my party throw their careers away with this stuff. When will they learn?