Gov. Mark Sanford won his first national election Friday.
By the looks of it, being voted chairman of the Republican Governors Association won’t be the two-term South Carolina governor’s last ride on the national stage.
Sanford was about the only one in political circles who missed the buzz about this future Friday, as the GOP tries to find new leadership to pick itself up from a devastating Election Day defeat. The Washington Post dropped his name in a story Friday on a short list of potential GOP candidates for president in 2012.
He hadn’t read it. He’d have to find a copy.
So, is he interested in the job?
Sanford: pause.
And finally, “I’ve learned that you never say never in life. My time in politics has been a strange collision of doors opening. It’s not where I’m aimed, not where I’m focused, but you never say never.”
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a fellow Republican, said he’s happy for his longtime friend. They served in Congress together in the 1990s.