I was as shocked as anyone yesterday when South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford revealed his extra-marital affair with a woman in Argentina. Some might say, “He’s a politician. How did you not see this coming?” Well, I didn’t. Not from Mark Sanford, of whom I have been a big fan–both personally and politically–pretty much since the beginning.

All of the cries that this situation has torpedoed his Presidential run in 2012 don’t impress me much. I’m pretty well convinced he wouldn’t have run anyway. Why should he? The “good ol’ boys” in the South Carolina Republican Party (e.g., Glenn McConnell, Jake Knotts–oh, why even waste time and space to list them all?) have fought Sanford every step of the way in his plight to reform South Carolina government. So, “If he can’t even play well with party members in his own state,” the question would be asked ad nauseum, “how can we expect him to play well on a national level?” [Read the full article →]

This is nothing more than my opinion,