Was the ire against Sanford only because of the well-publicized extra-marital affair or were there other reasons as well?
The affair, the lying about hiking, the use of public money to go visit his mistress (he had to pay out an ethics settlement), and late in the campaign a leak that the ex-wife accused of him of trespassing in her home where he went to watch the Super Bowl with his 14 year old son when she apparently left him there alone while out of town. That is what lead the NRCC to pull financial support for him, he’s due in court soon.
If you ask me she is a horrible person for calling the cops because of that, Colbert Busch supporting freepers refereed to it as a “break in”. I say give me a break.