Pushing Rope: Mark Sanford Interview

Talking Points Memo has audio of the Mark Sanford Associated Press interview. It is painfully obvious Sanford is still in love with Maria Chapur. Sanford said his relationship with Chapur is more important than becoming president. It would be shocking if he and Jenny Sanford are able to reconcile their marriage.

Josh Marshall makes an astute observation.

Of course, when you're a middle-aged man facing the collapse of your life's work and abandoning hope of being with the woman you call your 'soul mate' rational decision making or a clearly considered plan may be too much to expect. But it does seem like there are two guys here. One saying he wants to serve out his responsibility to his state and reconcile with his wife and another using the press to broadcast a free form love poem to the girlfriend in Argentina.

Sanford has been more eloquent talking about his love sick feelings than the stimulus package. The latter version of Sanford was another boring anti-government conservative drone. Sanford 2.0 is a politically damaged and flawed human. Too many in politics behave like bad dinner theatre performers. Sanford is a horrible governor but he did do a service with his fall from grace.

Update: Cenk Uygur offers his take on the Sanford interview. Uyger has a theory the women Sanford was dancing with were prostitutes.