Polls Show Dissatisfaction With Sanford
The State today highlights two public polls showing public discontent with Gov. Mark Sanford (R).
• In a recent SurveyUSA poll, 60 percent of S.C. residents surveyed thought Sanford should resign.
• A Rasmussen Reports poll found most S.C. voters think Sanford's ethics are the norm for politicians. Still, 46 percent said he should resign. (Thirty-nine percent said he should stay on the job; the rest were undecided.)
But Sanford is digging in, according to a spokesman, who also said the embattled governor, who admitted to an affair last month with a woman from Argentina and said he "crossed lines" with other women, intends to work to win back voters' trust.
"The governor recognizes that there's going to be a process for building back the trust of South Carolinians, and that's something he's committed to," said spokesman Joel Sawyer. "It doesn't happen over night. You do it one day at a time."
Meanwhile, there's an "Impeach Sanford" rally planned for today at the Statehouse. It was organized by a Dem activist.