Broaddrick was a campaign staffer?
Let's get something straight here... nobody is defending infidelity here. What I & others take exception to is that you were attempting to equate Sanford's poor judgment with the systematic and chronic misconduct of a moral reprobate. That is plain wrong, and if you can't see the degree of difference here between the two, you're being disingenuous.
Do we wish all our GOP/Conservative elected officials were of the absolute highest moral character ? Of course we do. But I've learned you're not going to find many that aren't without flaws. The business of politics in and of itself is dirty, and when that much power, influence and money is involved, it usually corrupts.
Many on our side don't even wish to enter public life because they're worried that past mistakes might be aired (despite the fact that they may have something positive to offer in spite of thoeir shortcomings). Others don't bother because they know the opposition will make up lies about them, anyway.
If you wish to live by such high ethical and moral standards, that's great. Good for you. If you wish to hold our elected officials to said highest standard, that's good, too. Some individuals (allegedly on our side) I similarly hold to that high standard when I believe they will not serve the public good for our cause. It's why I opposed Gingrich in the Presidential primary and why I also viscerally opposed and voted against Willard in the general (himself an ethical degenerate and pathological liar -- despite having a supposedly picture-perfect marriage), voting for Virgil Goode.
The onus is still on Sanford to prove he has something positive to offer during this next year and a half. If he falls in with the same degenerates drunk on power and spending this country into oblivion, he will be swiftly shown the door. In this past election, the choices for the voters in SC-1 were as follows: to give a second chance to a man who previously had an excellent record; to vote for a woman who consistently lied to the electorate in claiming to be a "moderate", when all of her allegiances and supporters came from the far-left of the party; or, to not vote at all. The answer for Conservatives was obvious.