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Mark Souder On His 'Torrid' Affair: 'How Could I Compartmentalize It So Much?'
By David Gibson - Politics DailyMark Souder, the former GOP congressman and standard-bearer of the Christian right who resigned last month after confessing to a long-running affair with a staffer, says even his faith wasn't strong enough to conquer sin and the "spark" of infatuation that ignited into a "torrid" affair over eight years. In "Lessons from a broken man," the cover story of the next edition of WORLD, a popular evangelical magazine, Souder offers a number of revealing glimpses into his struggles to stay faithful to his wife, and the political pressure cooker that he says can destroy the Beltway marriages of even ...
Who Had the Worst Week?
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(May 21) -- Casey James was voted off "American Idol," Chad Ochocinco got 86'ed from "Dancing With the Stars," and Campbell Brown admitted on the air that her program simply doesn't attract enough viewers -- so she's leaving CNN. But four politicians had an even worse week. Here's your chance to pick the biggest loser. The Washington political establishment in general took a beating in Tuesday's primary elections. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania became the symbol of this year's backlash against incumbents, losing to Rep. Joe Sestak. The 80-year-old Specter, one of the ultimate political ...
Rep. Mark Souder Resigns Over Affair With Female Aide
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) resigned from Congress on Tuesday after revelations that he had an affair with a part-time staff member. Souder is married and has three grown children. The eight-term congressman, who is a well-known Christian conservative, spoke at length in a statement issued Tuesday about the honor and privilege of serving in Congress, and repeatedly spoke of God and his family before finally saying, "I sinned." "I sinned against God, my wife and my family by having a mutual relationship with a part-time member of my staff. In the poisonous environment of Washington, D.C., any ...
Indiana Primary: Four Against Former Sen. Dan Coats in One of Many GOP Slugfests
By Robert Schmuhl - Politics DailySOUTH BEND, Indiana -- Today's Indiana primary could once again prove the political unpredictability of Hoosier voters, who in the 2006 midterm flipped three of the state's U.S. House seats from the Republicans to the Democrats, and in 2008 favored Barack Obama, the first time a Democratic presidential candidate had won here since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. While this year's primary is ho-hum for Democrats, Republicans across the state are energetically violating Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment about speaking ill of any fellow member of the GOP. Former Sen. Dan Coats is on the receiving end ...
Obama's Risky Plan: Government Takeover of the Student Loan Business
By Andrew Clark - Politics DailyAll of the noise-making caused by the health-care-reform effort and the political uncertainty now surrounding Obama's liberal agenda has allowed one item on that agenda to pass swiftly and smoothly under the radar -- his plan to nationalize the entire student loan process. Unfortunately, the plan is too risky for the economy. The White House initially thought the plan would face stiff resistance and launch a contentious and hard-fought ideological battle in Congress. "After all," wrote Time Magazine in September, "the Administration's proposal to restructure the student-loan industry is, in ...
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