With more details about South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) leaking out every day, the state Democratic Party is now calling for his resignation.

"Every day that members of the General Assembly spend talking about Sanford's state-funded romance is another day these Republican leaders aren't tackling the rising unemployment numbers or the plight of our public schools," party chair Carol Fowler said in a press release. "South Carolina can't afford to be at a standstill for the next 18 months with a governor who ignores his job responsibilities while pursuing personal interests. Any other worker in South Carolina would be fired for not showing up at work with no notice."

The St. Pete Times dropped a scathing editorial today on Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) for signing a bill that transfers management authority of water pumping and wetlands destruction away from the five governing boards that allowed for public comment.

Here's a sample:

Gov. Charlie Crist's sellout to developers is now complete. He signed into law Tuesday a bill that neuters the governing boards of the state's five water management districts, which grant permits for large-scale water pumping and wetlands destruction. Now that authority will rest solely in the hands of the districts' executive directors. Developers and big industry will be able to more easily drain Florida and pave over what's left.

Piece by piece, this governor has systematically dismantled what little protections there are for Floridians fed up with traffic and overdevelopment.
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In Tallahassee, state legislators usually can be expected to do the bidding of the powerful and well-financed. This governor was not expected to let them get away with it. But Crist is running for the U.S. Senate and raising campaign cash from special interests that will benefit from the dismantling of growth management and the water management districts. Perhaps it is best that he has his sights on Washington. He has done more than enough damage in Tallahassee.

Not a presidential race, but actually running.

In a long interview with Runner's World, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said she would beat President Obama in a long distance race.

"I betcha I'd have more endurance," Palin said, when asked if she could beat him. "So if [it] were a long race that required a lot of endurance I'd win."

Asked if she would ever go for a run with the president, Palin said: "I would, absolutely. I would and people have asked if I'd ever challenge him to one-on-one because we both love basketball. But look, he towers over me and I wouldn't be complaining about an unfair advantage there, but maybe I'd do better playing H-O-R-S-E with him than one-on-one."

A new FDU/PublicMind poll shows former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie (R) with a narrower edge over Gov. Jon Corzine (D) in this year's gubernatorial race than other polls. But the governor still has ground to make -- up even among Democrats -- if he hopes to be re-elected, as a strong majority say the state is headed in the wrong direction.

General Election Matchup
Christie 45 (+3 from April)
Corzine 39 (+6)
Undecided 15 (-10)

Only 31 percent have a favorable opinion of the governor, compared to 54 unfavorable. Christie was unfamiliar to 13 percent of voters, and another 28 percent hadn't made up their mind.

Asked about the direction of the state, 21 percent of voters think it's moving in the right direction -- the lowest number in three years -- while 66 percent say it's on the wrong track. Corzine's job approval rating is also the lowest in more than two years of recent polling.

Job Approval
Corzine 36/49
Obama 61/29

Pollster Peter Woolley points out that Corzine is showing some weakness in his own base, one-in-five Democrats backing Christie; his approval rating among Democrats is just 48 percent, compared to 86 percent for Obama. And 27 percent of voters who approve of Obama also back Christie.

Still, when asked who they think will win the election, 46 percent say Corzine, while 38 percent say Christie. That's at least the second such poll to show voters preferring one candidate but expecting the other to win.