South Carolina Ping
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Posted on 12/20/2012 5:48:30 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Richmond, Virginia (CNN) - Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is launching a political comeback that may begin within days.
Sanford is planning to run for the Congressional seat he held almost a decade ago, a Republican source familiar with his thinking told CNN late Thursday.
“He’s looking all but certain to do it,” said a former top aide to Sanford, who did not want to be identified while prematurely revealing the plans.
A formal announcement will come soon, the source said.
Sanford intends to seek the Republican nomination in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, a seat being vacated by Rep. Tim Scott, who was appointed to the United States Senate earlier this week by Gov. Nikki Haley.
Sanford’s first test, the Republican primary, is likely to happen in late March.
Under South Carolina law, the primary must take place 11 weeks after Scott officially resigns his House seat. He is expected to do so in early January.
A runoff election would take place two weeks after the primary, if no candidate receives a majority of votes, followed by a special election in May, a contest that will strongly favor the Republican nominee given the district’s GOP-friendly map.
Sanford, who resides in the Charleston area, represented the coastal district from 1995 to 2001 and had a conservative, almost libertarian voting record, often taking lonely stands on the House floor alongside Rep. Ron Paul of Texas.
After his three terms in the House, he ran successfully for governor twice and was eyeing a 2012 presidential bid before he notoriously embarked on an extramarital affair that derailed his national ambitions. He is now engaged to his Argentine fiancee.
Given the sprint-like nature of the special election, Sanford would immediately begin his campaign as a frontrunner for the GOP nomination.
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I read today Sanford`s ex Jenny wants to run for that same seat. I hope she does and wipes the floor with him in the primary. Wouldn`t that be one hell of a payback!
Ughhh. I hope the people of the first cong. district have a little sense not to elect this guy. We can’t seem to get rid of these people esp. his Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer. I wonder if he will decide to jump into this race? He seems to want back into elected office badly.....
“Sanford would immediately begin his campaign as a frontrunner for the GOP nomination.”
This says it all about today’s corrupt, shameless, and hypocritical GOP.
It is time to SMASH the GOP, send it to the ash heap of history, and replace it with a genuine, conservative organization.
The GOP Establishment deserves the forthcoming electoral disaster it has brought upon itself.
The lack of shame is called AGC (Acute Genetic Clintonitis).
Will he be campaigning along the Appalachian Trail?
That would make him a cheater on two fronts.
South Carolina Ping
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I guess his “soul mate” told him to get a job.
I won’t watch Fox News when they have him on.
He is one sick disgusting man. His boys I feel so sorry for, having the world know from whence they came.
You ask, “why do jassacks like [Sanford], Spitzer, Weiner, etc., lack a ‘deep shame’ gene?”
Maybe they see that David Vitter is still a Senator and they think, “He’s getting away with it, why not me?”
...”His adultery aside, how was he as governor?”...
Sorry..I can’t get past the adultery, his insane way of handling it and the images of his sweet little sons..Adultery in one area is a prediction, in my mind, of adulterous behavior in other areas, especially, it would seem, in the political arena..Think Chris Christy..If I were his wife, I would be worried for adultery can go both ways.
Governors in the south don’t have as much power as other governors but Sanford was a great governor and will make a great congressman. I wish he was in my district and I wish him nothing but the best in whatever he does.
Sanford was my former Congressman and Governor. I’ve seen the good and bad in him. I don’t see him being a serious contender for District 1. Although, stranger things have happened as Andre Bauer keeps getting elected to positions in SC.
SC GOP, you've p*ssed me off plenty with Lindsey Graham. Don't you DARE support Sanford!!
I don’t want his filthy whore anywhere near Charleston!!
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