Mark Sanford is having a Mid-Life Crisis

The Mark Sanford scandal is only getting bigger and stranger. This Governor doesn't want to resign but he isn't really leaving himself very many options.

First, he went missing and didn't leave a number. He was supposedly on the Appalachian trail but he comes back from Argentina and admits to an affair. Then e-mails to his mistress are revealed.

Here is the full video of the first press conference where he admits to the affair. Skip to around 7 Minutes if you just want to get to the juicy stuff.



This press conference was an utter disaster in my opinion. He simply spoke too long, was too detailed, and took too many questions. I don't think he should have taken any questions at all quite frankly. I think the people of South Carolina could have forgiven him because he was truly remorseful but you don't have to give them the gritty details.

When you have a press conference like this, honesty is fine, I even welcome it. But if you want to survive politically you should make a short statement, give the relevant details, explicitly state that the affair is over, and that you are moving on with your life and career. Do not take any questions and do not have your wife stand next to you.

Stanford then gives an interview with AP and makes the situation even worse. Saying he "crossed the line," with multiple women.

With every new revelation, comes new calls for his resignation but some Republicans wouldn't mind him in office a little longer because the Lieutenant Governor is running in the primary for the Republic nomination of Gov. in South Carolina and many don't want to give him a boost in the election by having Gov. Sanford resign.

Here is a video of the Young Turks analyzing the whole situation. I think it's pretty entertaining as well as informative.



At this point, I kinda of have to agree that Mark Sanford is probably going to go and with the end of the year being the cutoff point for the SANFORD.DEPART.DEC09 contract I kinda like going long on this one. This story just isn't going away, now Sanford has refused to give his financial statements and there are calls for ethic investigations and the like. I don't see how he can survive by the end of the year.

[Update: 3:32 PM]

Of Course! Right after I decide to finally go long on Mark Sanford he repeats he is not going to resign.