Will Sanford Stay or Will He GO??

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South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has to realize he's not very popular, even among his fellow South Carolina Republicans. Here's an excerpt from a Politico article: Fifty-six Republican members of the South Carolina state House met Saturday in Myrtle Beach, and not a single one voiced support for embattled Republican Gov. Mark Sanford, numerous sources inside the meeting told POLITICO. But despite a growing number of calls for his impeachment, few legislators expect that Sanford will be pressured from office, Late in the roughly 2½-hour meeting, GOP state Rep. Greg Delleney stood up to demand that Sanford resign because the governor has "disgraced and brought shame on the state." "Can anybody in here give me one good reason, one positive thing, that's going to occur by him remaining in office?" asked Delleney, who is drafting impeachment articles against the governor. None of the state's House Republicans had an answer. "It was gratifying," Delleney told POLITICO afterward. "How can you defend the indefensible?" http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26581.html With friends like this, who needs enemies? This passage from the end of the above article is perhaps the most telling: GOP state Sen. Jake Knotts, one of Sanford's most vocal critics since the affair emerged, told POLITICO that after watching the governor's news conferences this week, he was left even more frustrated with Sanford than before. "The governor, I don't think, is in a mental state of mind to make the decision for what is best for him or best for the state," Knotts said. (End of excerpt) To be honest, that's what I've been thinking for some time now about his "mental state of mind". From listening to him at his many press conferences, this doesn't appear to be a stable person! It started when he went missing for a week, when it turned out he'd been in Argentina seeing his mistress with whom he'd been having an affair. It's sad but true but we all know lots of politicians - as well as NON-politicians - have affairs. For the most part in these instances I feel that I wouldn't want to be married to the guy but if he does his job well it's really not my concern. However, as more things came out about this affair, mostly in his own words, I found myself feeling increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of someone like Sanford being in a position of power. He wrote "love letters" via e-mail that read like something a middle school child would write. He publicly called his girlfriend his "soul mate" and spoke of "trying to fall back in love with my wife". I can understand how people from his state of South Carolina who agreed with him on fiscal issues may have been willing to overlook a great deal but it soon became apparent he wasn't as frugal as some may have thought, especially when it came to his personal comfort. It seems he might have spent state funds for personal luxury travel and not just to see his lover but also to attend his kids' sporting events and even to get a haircut. Still, he seems to be in complete denial that he's done anything wrong. His resignation has been called for over and over again but he's obviously no going anywhere voluntarily, at least. What does everyone here think...any fearless predictions? Will he eventually give in and resign, will he be impeached or will he finish out his term? After this chapter is over, however it may turn out, what do you think the future holds for Mark Sanford? Will he disappear in disgrace, will he return to political life someday or will he go where many have gone before him - to Fox News as a political pundit? I'm pretty sure there will be a book sometime in the not-so-distant future and it will likely be "X-Rated"...lol! Annie