tapper: in 2009, south carolina governor mark sanford was a republican rock star. his reputation as a budget-slashing deficit hawk family man had the gop betting on him to beat obama in 2012 until he became a missing person. the search for sanford threw his office into chaos and turned up a secret love affair and a bizarre set of lies that coined the phrase to hike the appalachian trail. but it also revealed something deeper how even the most tightly controlled political persona can mask the messy, imperfect reality of a human being. and counterintuitively, when the world was crashing down around him, baring it all might have been the savviest political move of mark sanford s career. it s monday night. do you know where your governor is? that s what the citizens of south carolina are wondering where in the world is our governor? a mystery tonight in south carolina. the state s governor, mark sanford, disappeared for days. governor alert: the search for mark sanford.
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no figure embodies the american political process quite like the presidential candidate. at their best, candidates represent an ideal the overcoming of obstacles or hopes for a better future, protecting the people from the powerful. it s intoxicating stuff. reality, of course, is less glamorous. supporting that candidate is an army volunteers, donors, political operatives, and they can sometimes get too wrapped up in in the lore, the legend, which brings us to the story of johnny reid edwards an american success story, crusading trial lawyer, family man. the senator from north carolina was seen by millions of americans as the future of the democratic party. candidate john edwards was inspirational. people seemed as if they would go to the ends of the earth for him. and in some cases, he made them. because in reality, john edwards the person well, he was no savior. [cheers and applause] [amplified voice] i will give you back your democratic party. i will give you back
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