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Sanford back at work, GOP leaders to discuss governor

Monday, July 6, 2009

Political science experts say it will be unlikely, if not impossible, for the governor to return to business as usual during his final 18 months in office. Meanwhile, the state Republican party has planned a 7 p.m. conference call to discuss the governor. It is not clear if the party will take any action tonight.

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Palin cites 'higher calling'

Sunday, July 5, 2009

JUNEAU, Alaska — Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday laid the groundwork to take on a larger, national role after leaving state government, citing a "higher calling" with the aim of uniting the country along conservative lines.

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Organizers depend on DeMint to deliver views

Sunday, July 5, 2009

On a broiling Independence Day morning, more than 800 people crowded into Cannon Park in downtown Charleston for a sequel to this spring's anti-tax "Tea Party"— minus one of the movement's standard bearers, Gov. Mark Sanford.

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Both leaders in Florida

Sunday, July 5, 2009

COLUMBIA — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer have left the state and are spending their holiday weekend in Florida. That kind of absence might have gained little attention a month ago.

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Davis urged Sanford to consider quitting

Saturday, July 4, 2009

One of the people Gov. Mark Sanford said he had most let down with his extramarital affair encouraged the governor on several occasions to consider resigning. Sen. Tom Davis, a Beaufort Republican and Sanford's former chief of staff, said in a statement Friday that as a friend he asked the governor to consider stepping down for the sake of his marriage and family.

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Palin's strategy puzzling

Saturday, July 4, 2009

WASILLA, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican Party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.

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Counselors offering Sanford tough love

Friday, July 3, 2009

COLUMBIA — In one especially soul-baring e-mail to his Argentine mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford quoted from 1 Corinthians 13 about the nature of love. "It is patient and kind," he wrote. "It is NOT jealous or boastful."

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Unguarded travel in spotlight

Friday, July 3, 2009

A state agency responsible for guarding and transporting Gov. Mark Sanford doesn't keep records documenting the governor's personal use of its vehicles, including an SUV he took to the airport June 18 so he could fly to see his Argentine mistress.

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Putin needs reminder, Obama says

Friday, July 3, 2009

WASHINGTON — Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.

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SLED exonerates Sanford on travel

Friday, July 3, 2009

COLUMBIA — Gov. Mark Sanford used his own cash and connections to pay for secret hook-ups with his Argentine mistress, including one New York rendezvous the night before his wife was to arrive, authorities said Thursday.

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