He's either going to be forced out within the next two or three days or he won't be. The media is going to be bored of this by week's end.
Agreed. If he survives a week, he should survive till the end of the term. But, you know the old joke:
"Doctor, will he live?"
"Well, if you call THAT life."
He'd survive, but would he govern?
His ability to spend 20 minutes in front of the cameras talking smoothly shows remarkably thick skin. But he'd have to deal w/ the legislature, he'd have to deal w/ the media, and they all are smelling blood. Governing won't be much fun. A senator can keep quiet in the crowd of a 100. A governor is publicly out there every day (unless he is in Argentina). Does he really want to read about this affair for months? How is he going to be "saving his marriage", with the story being repeated over and over? Does he really care to have newspapers comparing the style of his executive orders w/ his e-mails? And, most importantly, what for? To have more veto overrides?
Of course, Clinton showed that anything is possible. But presidency and governorship are different beasts. I really don't see what is it exactly that Sanford would like to do in his remaining time in office. Staying would just smack of masochism. Resigning would be a sensible thing to do.
Though, of course, there is a reason I am not a gov'nor of any island
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