SC GOP chair says Sanford should consider stepping down  —  COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) — South Carolina Republican Party Chairwoman Karen Floyd seemed to suggest Wednesday that the time had come for Gov. Mark Sanford to consider resigning from office:  —  “For the past two days …

S.C. GOP talks frankly to Sanford  —  Three leading South Carolina Republican office-holders, including the state's two U.S. senators, called Gov. Mark Sanford Wednesday for what GOP sources close to the lawmakers described as frank conversations about the governor's ability to carry out his job.

The ‘Absentee’ Senator  —  Franken wins by changing the rules.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of last year's disputed Senate race, and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman's gracious concession at least spares the state any further legal combat.

Inhofe: No disrespect, but Franken's a ‘clown.’  —  On the same day the Minnesota Supreme Court declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state's U.S. Senate election, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) welcomed his newest colleague to the Senate by referring to him as a “clown.”

Morning Joe: Palin a “Circus Act,” “Joke”  —  Take a look at this Wednesday Morning Joe exchange between Willy Geist, Joe Scarborough and Mike Allen of the Politico.  You've got the full range of Sarah Palin two minutes hate in this one.  Mike Allen calls her a “circus act.”

Blue on blue: Helen Thomas hammers Gibbs on Obama's phony town hall  —  Phony, that is, in the sense that the White House knows in advance the questions that'll be asked, which makes the questioners de facto plants of the most transparent administration evah.