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Don Corleone said it best. A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.
But why focus on Sanford? Let's talk about what it means for South Carolina to not have a "favorite son" hog the 2012 presidential primary. That helps conservative leaning hopefuls.
By the way, there's a really cute story on NBC.com tonight. One of those hopefuls reportedly predicted a win in a "run" against Obama. When you hit the link, you see the story is actually for a runner's magazine, and is about a hypothetical marathon contest rather than politics.
Why would NBC promote such a puff piece? Probably, there's some mutual back scratching after a Today Show appearance which simultaneously helped spike Letterman in his opening bout with Conan. In last week's ratings, Dave is now in third place behind both Conan and Nightline, with Conan beating him by a comfortable half million viewers and in target demographics.
Of course, I can't be too hard on Sanford, politically speaking. He set some blocks and bruised his nose badly on the education stimulus opposition mentioned by Joan. That gave others some open field running with less controversy on lighter stimulus objections.
Ah, politics. I've never enjoyed it so thoroughly.
