Wandering governor will find tough trail at home
JIM DAVENPORT Associated Press Writer
      COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's governor once cited "moral legitimacy" when he was a congressman voting for President Bill Clinton's impeachment. He became a darling of fiscal conservatives over his ideological opposition to federal stimulus cash.
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Sanford's e-mails to lover revealed
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
      COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Just after South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted to a yearlong extramarital affair, his state's largest newspaper posted online romantic, suggestive e-mails that it says were exchanged between the chief executive and his Argentinian lover.
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S.C. Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler issues statement
      South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler (R-Cherokee) issued the following statement Thursday: "I'm deeply disturbed that NO ONE knew where Governor Sanford was over the last five days. He left the country and deliberately made himself unavailable without delegating power to the Lt. Governor. In the process he misled his staff who unknowingly misled the public.
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