Some say she's the brains of the outfit having run his campaigns and been his highest ranking adviser.
That may be what some say; but it doesn’t necessarily make it so.
In affair, Sanford loses closest ally: his wife - The Hill, July 01, 2009
From this article, she sounds a lot more qualified than he is. Brains, poise and composure. My first thought after I read it, was "Lose Mark. Jenny for Governor!"
Feel free to post the article. And if Mark Sanford listens to anybody at all... whoever that is, please tell him to zip his lip, he's done a lot more damage to his own reputation and career (whatever is left of it) and to conservatives by incessantly talking about his private matters than a normal dissolution of the marriage should warrant.