S.C. GOP wants Sanford out  —  COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) — South Carolina Republican Party Chairwoman Karen Floyd seemed to suggest Wednesday that the time had come for GOP Gov. Mark Sanford to consider resigning from office.  —  “For the past two days, I have been speaking …

S.C. GOP: Sanford must go  —  Gov. Mark Sanford's long and emotional interview with the Associated Press Tuesday appears to have been the final straw for South Carolina's Republican establishment, much of which is now actively seeking his resignation.  —  While Sanford seemed to have weathered …

The ‘Absentee’ Senator  —  Franken wins by changing the rules.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of last year's disputed Senate race, and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman's gracious concession at least spares the state any further legal combat.

Inhofe: No disrespect, but Franken's a ‘clown.’  —  On the same day the Minnesota Supreme Court declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state's U.S. Senate election, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) welcomed his newest colleague to the Senate by referring to him as a “clown.”

Blue on blue: Helen Thomas hammers Gibbs on Obama's phony town hall  —  Phony, that is, in the sense that the White House knows in advance the questions that'll be asked, which makes the questioners de facto plants of the most transparent administration evah.

Morning Joe: Palin a “Circus Act,” “Joke”  —  Take a look at this Wednesday Morning Joe exchange between Willy Geist, Joe Scarborough and Mike Allen of the Politico.  You've got the full range of Sarah Palin two minutes hate in this one.  Mike Allen calls her a “circus act.”