Top Items:
John O'Connor / The State:
Exclusive: E-mails between Sanford, woman — Woman in affair declines interview — Below are excerpts of e-mails, obtained by The State newspaper in December, between Gov. Mark Sanford's personal e-mail account and Maria, a woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
RELATED:
Gina Smith / The State:
Sanford met in Atlanta after returning from South America — Governor says he never hiked Appalachian Trail; says he cruised along the coast of Buenos Aires to unwind after stressful legislative session — ATLANTA — Gov. Mark Sanford arrived in the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport this morning …
Discussion:
Michelle Malkin, CBS News, The Politico, The Post and Courier, The Fix, TPMMuckraker, Politics Daily, The Huffington Post, FITSNews, The Sleuth, The Caucus, Outside The Beltway, Facing South, Washington Wire, Ben Smith's Blog, CNN, HotMES, The TrogloPundit, FP Passport, Law Blog, Gawker, Runnin' Scared, Associated Press, Swampland, The Note, Talking Points Memo, New York Post, Pundit & Pundette, Salon, Capitol Briefing, Raw Story and The Palmetto Scoop
New York Times:
Gov. Sanford Admits Affair and Explains Disappearance — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina, said he had conducted an extra-marital affair with a woman in Argentina, ending a mystery over his week-long disappearance that had infuriated lawmakers and seemed to put his rising political career in jeopardy.
Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
On Fox, Mark Sanford “(D)” holds press conference — Previously: — Media outlets - including Fox - misidentify as Democrats several Republicans facing scandal, poor poll numbers — EXPAND ALL EXPAND 1ST LEVEL COLLAPSE ALL
Discussion:
Gawker, Pam's House Blend, Raw Story, Don Surber, Fox News, AMERICAblog News, Brilliant at Breakfast, #gay, Indecision Forever and The BRAD BLOG
Michelle Malkin:
Bastard — It's the only fitting word for a man who abandons his wife and four sons on Father's Day weekend to indulge his “overdrive” on an Argentinian fling. — Mark Sanford: Bastard. — If you missed Sanford's rambling, surreal disaster of a press conference, consider yourself lucky.
Discussion:
Reuters, Hot Air, The Anchoress, Blue Gal, Top of the Ticket, AmSpecBlog, The Fix, Gawker, Pajamas Media, Crooks and Liars, Conservatives4Palin.com and Don Surber
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Some Sanford trips were taxpayer-paid — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has taken at least three taxpayer-paid trips to Argentina, however, it's unclear whether he met his girlfriend during any of them. — At his news conference in Columbia Wednesday, Sanford said he paid for his most recent trip with is own money.
Think Progress:
Will Republicans ‘Ask Questions’ Of Sanford, Rather Than ‘Circle The Wagons For One Of Our Tribe’? — After days of speculation and misinformation, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) today admitted that he had spent the past week in Argentina — not on the Appalachian trail …
Discussion:
The Caucus, Fox News, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Sundries Shack, Washington Monthly and The Minority Report
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Two Reasons Why Mark Sanford's Political Career Is Now Dead — The announcement by South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford that the “mystery” about his whereabouts stemmed from him being in Argentina conducting an extramarital affair will likely end his political career — and not just because he had an affair.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sanford's wife told him to leave ‘to maintain my dignity’ — The wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Wednesday in a statement that she continues to love her husband, but that she asked him to leave their home two weeks ago because “I felt it was important to look my sons in the eyes …
Kyle / Right Wing Watch:
So Long Sanford, We Hardly Knew Ya — We haven't written much about South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford primarily because, outside of talk that he might be the sort of presidential candidate that the Religious Right could rally around, he hasn't really done much that would cause him to show up in our monitoring.
Mark Preston / CNN:
First on the CNN Ticker: Barbour to head RGA
First on the CNN Ticker: Barbour to head RGA
Discussion:
Ben Smith's Blog, Swampland, The Atlantic Politics Channel, Facing South, Macsmind and Wonkette
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
FIRST THOUGHTS: SANFORD'S TANGO
FIRST THOUGHTS: SANFORD'S TANGO
Discussion:
Associated Press, Washington Wire, Erick's blog, Indecision Forever and Wall Street Journal
Steve Schippert / RapidRecon:
Unimaginable Horror In Tehran Today — Iran has executed its Tiananmen Square. Baharestan Square has become synonymous with barbarity, cruelty, massacre and inhumanity. — An Iranian blogger (whose URL I will not publish) live blogging from Baharestan Square in central Tehran today captures …
Discussion:
Instapundit, Guardian, The Anchoress, Donklephant, PoliGazette, Pajamas Media and The Sundries Shack
RELATED:
Elise Labott / CNN:
Officials: President Obama reconsidering July 4th invitations to Iran — WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Obama administration is seriously considering not extending invitations to Iranian diplomats for July 4 celebrations overseas, senior administration officials tell CNN.
Gateway Pundit:
CRACKDOWN IN BAHARESTAN SQUARE!... 3 People Shot— Police Will Not Allow Protesters to Assist Them ...Update: 1 Woman Dead ...Update: Several Dead — CRACKDOWN IN TEHRAN— A wounded woman is treated at Baharestan Square in Tehran. (Al-Arabiya) — VIDEO— POLICE BEATING PROTESTERS INCLUDING WOMEN:
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
WH rescinds July 4 invites to Iranians — The White House has rescinded the invitations to Iranian diplomats to attend July 4 celebrations at U.S. embassies around the world. — White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said nobody from Iran RSVPed to come, and at this point, the invitations are no longer valid.
Pew Research Center:
Romney's Image Improves; Palin Well Regarded by Republican Base — Favorability of Leading Republicans — Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has seen his favorability ratings improve and now enjoys a positive balance of opinion among the general public: 40% rate him favorably, 28% unfavorably.
RELATED:
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
John Kerry on Sanford: Too bad Palin didn't go missing too — Don't be too hard on Waffles. His humor's always been laced with nastiness, which is why he periodically finds himself in clusterfarks over “botched jokes.” It's not that he hates Palin. He's just a jerk.
Discussion:
Conservatives4Palin.com
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Stay Tuned for More of ‘The Obama Show’ — In his first daytime news conference yesterday, President Obama preempted “All My Children,” “Days of Our Lives” and “The Young and the Restless.” But the soap viewers shouldn't have been disappointed: The president had arranged some prepackaged entertainment for them.
Discussion:
Emptywheel, CBS News, The Caucus, The New Republic, Media Matters for America, PoliGazette, The Hill, Chicago Sun Times, Democracy in America, Ezra Klein, White House Watch, RIGHTWINGSPARKLE, Get Energy Smart!, NewsBusters.org, News Desk, Newsweek Blogs, Samizdata.net, Neptunus Lex and Townhall.com
RELATED:
Guardian:
Soltan family ‘forced out of home’ — Parents of young woman shot dead near protests are banned from mourning and funeral is cancelled, neighbours say — The Iranian authorities have ordered the family of Neda Agha Soltan out of their Tehran home after shocking images of her death were circulated around the world.
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, Hot Air, Atlas Shrugs, Townhall.com, NY Daily News, Fausta's Blog, Aljazeera, On Deadline, Jeff Weintraub, Raw Story and Gateway Pundit
The Politico:
A Republican comeback? — For the first time since their 2006 election drubbing, top Republicans see signs — however faint — of a political resurgence over the next year. — At first blush, this sounds absurd. After all, polls show the GOP more unpopular than ever …
RELATED:
Barbara Slavin / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. contacted Iran's ayatollah before election — Administration overture to Khamenei ridiculed in sermon — Prior to this month's disputed presidential election in Iran, the Obama administration sent a letter to the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei …
RELATED:
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Grassley: In Order For Health Care To Be 'Bipartisan, ‘We Need To Make Sure There Is No Public Option’ — On MSNBC this morning, Norah O'Donnell asked Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, “what needs to be in” a health care reform bill “for it to be bipartisan.”
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, TPMDC, Associated Press, Washington Monthly, Bloomberg, Wonk Room and Campaign Silo
RELATED: