[RockinRight]

Allow me to don my tinfoil for a moment.

Perhaps he DID tell Lt. Gov Bauer. Bauer and Sanford are well known to NOT like each other...maybe Bauer knew exactly where Sanford was and was told to “man the helm” while he was gone, but Bauer used it as a political opportunity to sabatoge Sanford by acting as if he knew nothing, making up stories to make Sanford look irresponsible, when in fact Bauer knew all along what was going on.

[surfer]

That could very well be...however...Sanford should have been smart enough to see that coming. You never trust anyone in politics - PERIOD.

He could have easily avoided this fiasco by making a public statement ahead of this - basically...hey this has been a long and arduous fight but the spend thrifts in this state want to further erode our ability to compete - I really need a break to think about the direction of our state and where do we go from here...see you in a week....yada ya ya...

[Oztrich Boy]

Perhaps he DID tell Lt. Gov Bauer. Bauer and Sanford are well known to NOT like each other...maybe Bauer knew exactly where Sanford was and was told to “man the helm” while he was gone, but Bauer used it as a political opportunity to sabatoge Sanford by acting as if he knew nothing, making up stories to make Sanford look irresponsible, when in fact Bauer knew all along what was going on.

If he can outmanouver Sanford, maybe Bauer should be the candidate for President.