interested in solutions than the salacious details of his argentinean mistress turned fiancee who showed up at one campaign event, or his legal battles with his ex-wife. do you think the voters are over it when it comes to your past? i don t think the media will ever be over it. that to a degree goes with the job. it s been about my personal failings, all well-chronicled. they re out there. people know about them. reporter: sanford has tried to change the subject, warning his loss would be a victory for house democratic leader nancy pelosi. wasn t that goofy to be out there debating a cardboard cutout of nancy pelosi? no. people got it. people got it. it was totally serious. reporter: because of san ford s baggage, his opponent elizabeth colbert-busch has a shot at winning this conservative district. the sister of comedian stephen colbert, she insists she ll be an independent voice in washington. no one tells me what to do except the people of south carolina s first congressi