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Palin To Resign, Focus on Presidential Run
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is looking to build a national political operation in advance of 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Miller, File) Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will resign her office later this month, according to several sources familiar with her decision,...
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July 3, 2009; 5:41 PM ET |
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Sanford Admits To More Contact With Mistress
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's admission to the Associated Press today that he had five encounters with his Argentine mistress over the course of a single year including two overnight stays in New York isn't likely to fundamentally alter the resignation sweepstakes currently swirling around him.
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June 30, 2009; 12:59 PM ET |
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Sanford To Hold Cabinet Meeting Tomorrow
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) will hold a cabinet meeting tomorrow in an attempt to restore some semblance of order to the chaos created by his disappearance and subsequent acknowledgment of an extramarital affair.
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June 25, 2009; 6:33 PM ET |
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Sanford Adviser: Resignation Not An Option
Although some in South Carolina -- and nationally -- are calling for Gov. Mark Sanford to resign his office in the wake of his six-day hiatus from the state and his acknowledgment of an extramarital affair on Wednesday, a close adviser to the Republican governor told the Fix that Sanford is not considering such an option.
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June 25, 2009; 1:46 PM ET |
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Morning Fix: Scoring the Sanford Saga
The decline and fall of Gov. Mark Sanford over the past 72 hours is one of the most painful -- yet strangely compelling -- events of in recent political history. Any time a politician who is a national figure with aspirations for the presidency falls, there are people beyond that individual who see their own fortunes rise and fall as a result.
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June 25, 2009; 5:45 AM ET |
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Chatting Sanford
In the event you haven't gotten enough of the Mark Sanford saga yet, the Fix did a live chat earlier today in which we answered reader question on this whole sordid affair.
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June 24, 2009; 7:28 PM ET |
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