Jun 29 2009
Sanford Will Stay in Office
COLUMBIA — Gov. Mark Sanford said legislators and friends encouraged him to stay on the job, in part, to not set the state back and to not interfere with the 2010 governor’s race.
Sanford, who is limited to two terms, would be replaced by Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer if he resigned. Both men are Republicans.
Bauer told CNN that he would be willing to assume the position on the agreement that he wouldn’t run for a full term after serving Sanford’s remaining 18 months. Bauer said that would help to take political angling out of the picture.
But Sanford said he is no longer considering resigning. Leaving office would be the easy thing to do, he said. Resigning was his initial reaction.
“If the good Lord’s going to make changes in your life, you’ve gotta stick around for the process,” he said.
Whatever, but the taxpayer money he used to pay for the trip might result in him being forced out of office by the legislature. Even if he does pay it back like he said he would, would he have done that had he not been caught?
