I'd like to stay away from discussing the farce now known as South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, however I can't.  The bizarre revelations of his mysterious excursion to Argentina to meet his "lady friend" is not only a tragedy for him and his family, but it really gums up the ability of the Republican party to get back on track.  This is especially so after the revelation just about a week ago regarding Nevada's Senator John Ensign, another Republican who couldn't remain faithful.

The Republican party is finally finding some traction on the deficit issue and even the health care debate.  However, the GOP can't seem to stop having leading figures shoot themselves in the foot.  this means that while the party wants to focus on issues, the media is able to shift the focus onto the foibles of foolish politicos.  This is especially a problem for the party of "family values." 

It is pretty hard to run on those values when leading lights disregard them in such a flagrant manner. 

Hopefully, the Party can move forward and embrace a new agenda, much liek the agenda I referred to in a previous post.