In one corner:
Fourteen GOP state senators — more than half the Senate Republican caucus — have already called for Sanford’s resignation, joining a list that, as of Wednesday afternoon, included 11 Republican members of the state House and six of the state's biggest newspapers.
And three leading South Carolina Republican officeholders, including the state’s two U.S. senators, called Sanford today for what sources close to the lawmakers described as frank conversations about the governor’s ability to carry out his job.
And in the other:
"The governor has given a full and truthful account, and he is finished discussing this matter," said Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer. "He is focused on being governor, on rebuilding his marriage and on building back the trust of South Carolinians."
If these do turn out to be Mark Sanford's final days in office, the crazy SC guv meme may just be getting underway. His replacement would be Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer who has managed to get himself in two car accidents and has been pulled over at least four times for speeding in recent years (including at least once over 100mph without a ticket). Bauer, for good measure, also crashed a plane.
Bauer, of course, is a GOPer. Let the good times roll!