Archive for 'Mark Sanford'

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

The Most and Least Wanted Candidates

John Hawkins at Right Wing News polled 200+ bloggers (but not yours truly - should I be insulted?) on their most and least wanted 2008 Republican nominees. You can see the results here, but since I wasn’t asked, I’ll share my thoughts on the question (shrewd readers will notice I’m adopting the John Kerry […]

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Monday, December 12th, 2005

Sanford Denies ‘08 Run

Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina always struck me as a good dark horse candidate for 2008, but he’s claiming disinterest:
Gov. Mark Sanford “absolutely” will not run for president in 2008.
In a wide-ranging interview with The State newspaper in his State House office last week, Sanford said he would not be a candidate for president […]

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Sunday, December 19th, 2004

Candidate Profile Six - Mark Sanford

Mark Sanford doesn’t have the name recognition of a Powell, Rice, or Clinton, but the conservative governor of South Carolina has some other compensating qualities: he’s relatively young, his conservative politics fit in well with the national mood at the moment, and there is a precedent for Southern governors winning nationally. A correspondent suggested I […]

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