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Long the breeding ground for presidential hopefuls, governors' mansions became political liabilities this year. From Palin's resignation to Sanford's affair: The Daily Beast's guide to the six governors having the worst year of their political lives.
Forgive Mark Sanford
Sex scandals like Governor Sanford's and John Ensign's are private matters that don't affect public policy and shoot down rising political stars. It's time to end hypocrisy in America.
Sanford's Email Outrage
As America snickers at the governor's steamy emails to his lover, Lee Siegel wonders why no one-in a country so sensitive to individual freedom-is protesting the invasion of Sanford's privacy.














