oooh Ouch, he's busted big time! Yet another political big wig gets caught cheating. Apparently he's been in Argentina with his lady lover. I didn't realize he is was going to be a candidate in the 2012 Presidential election. Hmmm I wonder will this affect his chances of being successful with that?

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday, amid speculation over his whereabouts for the last several days, that he has been engaged in an extramarital affair with an Argentinian woman.

"I've been unfaithful to my wife," the Republican governor told a news conference in Columbia, the state capital. "I developed a relationship with what started as a dear, dear friend from Argentina."

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I'm actually still on the fence on whether their personal lives should be taken into consideration when running for election (except if it was something illegal or horrific) Bill Clinton's indescretion never changed my mind about him on a professional level.