advantage. as mike said, sanford will be the republican nominee. this is an exciting race. mark halpern, he has run a great campaign. you look at the commercials. you read even in the new york times you read the stories talking about him and he is just anybody that wants to come up and talk to him. ask himing in. ask him anything. he just sits there and he opens his heart up to them and it s really paid off politically for him. his personal problems did not eliminate from his arsenal. he has good people around him and smartly advised him what his personal problems would have had on portions of the electorate. i liked second chances in life and politics. mark, serving in congress along with him. i liked him then. he has taken on head-on what many people in life would have a