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When U.S. Sen. David Vitter recently heard that Louisiana colleague U.S. Rep. Charles "Charlie" Melancon is considering challenging him for his seat next year, the Louisiana Republican wasted little time in going on the attack.

By Valerie Richardson Article ) Calls for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's resignation are intensifying in response to his confessed extramarital affair, but if recent history is any indication the governor doesn't need to start packing his bags just yet.

In the decade since Bill Clinton's denial, a new pattern has emerged in America's ongoing pattern of politician sex scandals: Democrats head for the exits, Republicans seek to hang on in office.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, father of four, spends Father's Day weekend in Buenos Aires with his Argentine mistress.

Politicians who recently have been caught in sex scandals: * New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer , a Democrat, resigned in March 2008 after being identified as "Client No.

Gifted writer and Signal Columnist Steve Lunetta doth protest too much. With South Carolina Republican Governor and moral basket case Mark Sanford caught hightailing for tail in Argentina - hot on the heels of Nevada Republican Sen.

A couple of high-profile sex scandals were probably just about the last thing the Republican Party needed.

A lot of people cheat on their partners. A recent University of Washington study found a lifetime infidelity rate of 28 percent for men, 15 percent for women.

By Christopher Tidmore, ctidmore@louisianaweekly.com "All things being equal, Cajuns vote for Cajuns," John Treen once observed about the nature of Louisiana state elections.

The following information was scheduled on the CCRP agenda but time did not permit its presentation.

NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Sen. David Vitter outlined three issues here at the annual Farm Bureau Federation Convention he called national threats to Louisiana agriculture.

Just to think, yesterday started out so well for the GOP. Politico's lead story , posted at 5:05 a.m. yesterday was headline: "A Republican comeback?" and listed three ways that the Republicans could end their bad streak of luck.

U.S. Congressman Charlie Melancon is taking a fresh look at challenging incumbent U.S. Senator David Vitter next year.

In an article regarding congressmen who might be on the fence as to how to vote on the dangerous and stupid Cap and Trade Away Prosperity Act of 2009 or HR 2454, Lisa Lerer puts Mark Kirk in the following class: The schemers: Reps.

As the country struggles through a severe recession, Congress is debating whether to boost spending for itself and the agencies that support it.

The United States will need up to $20 billion through early 2011 to cover an emergency shortfall in funding for road construction projects, the Obama administration told Congress on Thursday.

TOPICS Republican Hypocrisy The Fox talkers were out trying to spin past the gruesome wreckage of Mark Sanford's political career yesterday, partly by claiming that Republicans always give the boot to such cases of gross immorality, while Democrats are so lascivious that they naturally tolerate such behavior within their own ranks.

Clockwise from top left: Senator John Ensign; Gov. Mark Sanford; Senator David Vitter; Senator John Edwards; Representative Mark Foley; Gov.

What is it with philandering politicians? Why do men in power - the ones on pedestals - think they are above us and can get away with cheating on their spouses, particularly when media scrutiny is so intense and peccadilloes are arguably more politically damaging? There's a long list of those who thought they could jet off to Argentina, or cruise ...

John Ensign, seen here last week, didn't have anything more to say to the press Monday.