The only GOP governor with a prominent wife that I can think of is your very own Ahnold. But why would he cross the country for a little sex?

arnold is my guess teddy

ooooh, i love playing guess who

I’d say The Governator, but the frequent flyer miles would have been a bitch

Grab a glass and some advice from your own Auntie “Dolphin” Peggy and speculate, firepups.

Is rich syonymous with prominent? Then there might be a few others, like McCain and that crazy man from South Carolina.

The hookup was “out-of-state” for the working lady, not necessarily for Governor X.

hi there Suzanne!

Funny, I was wondering about Der Governator too.

rich could certainly be considered prominent. also, someone who is socially prominent as opposed to politically…

Haley Barbour. He seems like a fat corrupt freak. But whoever it is, it will probably come out. These things usually do.

On the shiny new FDL, author avatars only appear on the posts, not on the front page. Used to be the opposite. I like seeing my bear familiar while I’m on the thread.

altho there are those governors’ meetings — they could have both traveled

Well, Mrs Sanford is rich, and newly prominent.

Guvernator has his own plane, remember. The one he commutes in every day from Sacto to home in Santa Monica.

the gropernator does have a history …

But McCain isn’t a governor.

The part that makes me wonder is the statement that Governor X was polite. Ahnuld’s reputation is not a polite one.

wiki list of current governors

We can probably rule out Janet Napolitano, Kathleen Sebelius, Linda Lingle and Jodi Rell.

-G

Oh, and Charlie Crist.

Sorry…”nice,” not “polite.” But the point remains.

And Charlie Crist.

You’re right. None of them have prominent wives.

:rimshot:

I would nominate my state’s own Jim Gibbons (AKA Gibber the Fibber and Gibber the Groper), but he wasn’t governor in 2006. He was a congressman running for governor, but not yet running the state into the ground.

I went back and edited at the same time you posted.

Great minds and all.

;)

And Jennifer Granholm.

-G

I don’t get the Peggy reference, unless nooner = “Nooner”?

I’m always glad to see that furry bear up top – daddy?

2006 governors list

Oh, Santa Monica

Except no one knows Haley Barbour’s wife.

Night gang.

Night Arnold, sleep well.

-G

Polite to whom? Have you been angelic nice to everyone you’ve ever met? Of course not. So, my guess is the Gropenator.

He’s more about the harassing-women-to-have-sex-with-him than the paying-them, right?

I wonder about Corzine, though. Didn’t he head up Goldman Sachs? Those masters of the universe think they are pretty invulnerable.

I would dearly love for it to be Rick Perry, but alas, I cannot even remember his wife’s name.

Jeb? Mitt? T-Paw?

Maybe the boys from the commune on C Street can chime in.

but he didn’t pay – michael did

sorry – that was to teddy at 33

If you even halfway read tabloids you’ll know Ahnuld is married..and who his wife is–but maybe I am being Cali-centric…

Teddy ! Evenin’ all !

Can’t be Ahnuld … he takes more than an hour to introduce himself.

Wow. How…odd. A scandal, in which the possible culpability of Florida is immediately ruled out. Don’t see that very often.
Hi Gnome!

Corzine’s not married anymore – but lookie here:

He is married to Marjorie Rendell, a Federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

g’nite gregb

I thought of him too, but his wife, is she prominent in her own right? Or is that misdirection?

Oh dear GOD … Is it Lindsay Graham ?!!

FOFLMAO

Heh, I just thought of something… we are the “wheel of fortune” “research and speculation” crowd to Emptywheel’s “Jeopardy’ readers….

i wonder if this was the larry flynt bombshell that never was launched?

Later I found out he was married. His wife is quite prominent in her own right.

Is there anyone in the country that doesn’t know the governator is married?

Oh no, it’s just that we find it difficult to believe anyone would marry Ahnuld !

I’d bet on Haley Barbour, but I can’t even imagine a Mrs. Barbour. Is there one?

hey Prairie

Endlessly speculative v facts-based.

I always feel a cold shoulder when I saunter over to EW with a “hey gang, what if?”

hiya j

from the comments over at huffpo, i found this list of govs with prominent wives:

Arnold Schwartzenegger (Maria Shriver)
Ed Rendell (Judge Majorie Rendell)
David Paterson (Michelle Page Paterson)
Deval Patrick (Diane Patrick, Esq.)
Tim Pawlenty (Judge Diane Pawlenty)
Bobby Jindal (Dr. Supirya Jindal)
Butch Otter (Lori Easley, Fmr. Miss Idaho)
Mark Sanford (Jenny Sanford)
Martin O’Malley (Judge Catherine O’Malley)
Charlie Crist (Carole Crist)
Tim Kaine (Anne Holton, Fmr. First Daughter of VA)
and Jim Gibbons (Soon to be Ex Wife Dawn Gibbons)
12 are possible, 7 Republicans and 5 Democrats.

hey, Teddy…comin’ out from under….

Ok, I read the last paragraph and now I get the peggy reference. Sheesh, am I invisible tonight or something? Or is everyone mad at me and ignoring me on purpose :(

Well there is Libby Pataki. Does “former marketing executive” count as prominent?

Ya never know.

{{{ Prairie Sunshine }}}

Articles say he was in his ‘mid 30’s’ according to ‘Annie’ . . . cointly NOT Ahnald. Too bad, I’d love to rid us of his meddlesomeness . . .

(((prairie)))

{{{{{ Jacqrat }}}}}

Oh, please, God, let it be Butch Otter. The snark writes itself.

Hi Teddy honey. Sorry I did not see your reply to me.

I rarely venture over to EW, it makes me feel stupid :D TBogg, on the other hand, them’s my peeps!

hugs to all, especially prairie and petro!

hi jacqrat! Not ignoring you;)
Hi Prairie

hey j – not ignoring ya at all…. busy thread :) how ya doing?

Part of me wants it to be Jindal the Boob and part of me wants him to be a prominent face in the 2012 Repug Race … cuz you can’t have enough Clowns in a Circus !

Hey Petro!!!
I didn’t see one governor on that list who was in office in 2006 and has a prominent wife except Ah-noold. Let’s assume it is…will anyone care? Or will people say, “duh!? He’s a movie star, she’s a Kennedy, who cares?” Does it impair his ability to function?

Depends on the meaning of prominent, for speculations sake right? So wouldn’t it be delicious if it was Mrs. Jeb Bush?

“Michael,” the go-between and paymaster, drives an Italian sports-car and is in his mid-thirties.

Wow, a judge would certainly count as prominent, and that would be something you’d find out later, right?

Hi Ron D! Sorry that Florida can’t play in this game. (Tee hee hee) BTW, I think Rick Perry’s wife is named Anita. Obviously she is not prominent in her own right.

Narrow it down to those in mid 30’s or early 40’s . . . . and that’s yer keeper list! *G*

Hey ‘pups.

Just based on proximity and prominent wife —- I am guessing it is Ed Rendell

Could Arnold’s ability to function really get any more impaired?

diaried over at The Seminal… weary, time to rest.
G’night, friends.

He is entirely dysfunctional now. I’d take anything that could get him to resign, so we’d have a Democratic governor who’d negotiate in good faith on this budget mess. Also, taking Garamendi out of the CA-10 race would be great for my preferred candidate, Anthony Woods.

Tim Kaine with a prostitute is entirely incomprehensible to me.

It can’t impair his ability to function, because der Gropenfuhrer doesn’t seem to function at all.

That’s based on spending the last ten days visiting family in the Golden State.

Hi BCT

RonD !

For the sake of California, I hope it’s Ahnuld …

g’nite prairie

What are you drinking, Dr.P?

Yipes! I just looked at the time. I need to hit the hay myself. I have an early, early morning gig.

Oh, my bad, I skimmed too fast, thanks for catching that . . . so, Ahnald remains at the top of the list! We Have Hope! *G*

Teddy,

What’s your take on Obama’s nod to our gay brothers and sisters in his NAACP speech?

g’nite gnome

Hey Dood !

Back from vacation already ?

G’nite Prairie !

Root beer.

Ah. mid-thirties. In 2006. There can’t be many…Jindal would have been 34, IIRC…who else?

i’m confused.. was the gov in his 30’s or was the aide michael in his 30’s?

He needs to do more doing and less speaking about.

Although from what I saw, it was quite a speech. One of his best.

G’nite GdP !

‘night, Gnome.
(((Gnome de Plume)))

The go-between Michael was in his thirties, handsome, and drove an Italian sports-car.

Mrs.-I’m-a-Celebrity-Get-Me-Out-Of-Here is working on fame.

Mrs Blago is prominent in her own right, of course. She appeared on a reality teevee show!

thanks teddy

What should he be doing?

I’ve got a Henry Weinhard’s here for ya…

Petro,

One more vacation like this one and I’ll quit taking vacations all together.

I think that you (and Mr. Graham) have got it ‘pegged’, P.

…as for Haley Barbour – that’ll be a ‘manhood bit off behind the wheel of a state vehicle’ revelation, I reckon.

;>)

Well, he should take the advice of the 78 Congressmen and the Palm Center and stop the damn witchhunts. Immediately stop-loss any DADT prosecutions, investigations, and reports. Just say “Quit.”

But I expect, since DC can only do one thing at a time, that we will be hearing ONLY about health care until it’s done or dead. Apparently, the Congress (and the Versailles media) is unable to focus on more than one thing, ever. For instance, did you know that Hate Crimes passed the Senate last week? Hardly a ripple.

Oh shoot … sorry to hear.

Butch Otter

makes me laugh, every time

You are welcome!

It wasn’t me! I wasn’t even there! I was minding my own business — I swear. OK, I was minding the business of teenagers throughout Texas, but still ….

Me too! [giggle]

Versailles media? Are they that good? I thought they were all graduates of the Columbia School of Stenography?

Driving home last night Mrs BC and I were trying to think of what he could do given that he seems to take statutes rather more seriously than his immediate predescessor.

I wonder why the NYDN columnists chose not to go with the name. I mean, they got a denial from the governor’s office, the governor she named to them. Why not print the name?

Has Obama signed the Hate Crimes Bill into Law as yet ? Obama’s reference to “our gay brothers & sisters” was a nice touch in his speech to NAACP.

Completely agree with you on DADT, I suspect Gates is working harder on this as Iraq winds down.

I don’t get it … could you please splain it to me …

*stifles laughter*

But the article said the wife was famous in her own right. The public doesn’t know any of those women except Maria.

Yummy. Thanks.

hmmm if it is a very well known name of someone who has been known to hold grudges…. like ahnold

It has to be the Gropinator. Right before the recall election about 15 women accused him of inappropriate touching mostly on movie sets. That’s why we call him the gropinator.

The topper was my dog dying while we were gone. She was 16+ and has been failing for the last nine months, and I had to take this trip. She was a rescue, and does not do well in kennels. But she couldn’t be left alone in her condition, either.

prominent (from merriam-webster):

prom·i·nent Listen to the pronunciation of prominent
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Middle English promynent, from Latin prominent-, prominens, from present participle of prominēre to jut forward, from pro- forward + -minēre (akin to mont-, mons mountain) — more at mount
Date:
15th century

1: standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant

2 a: readily noticeable : conspicuous b: widely and popularly known :

Hey Suzanne!
I’ve been thinking about the LF bombshell to come for some ages now…what’s up with that?

Gropenfuhrer Schwarzeneggar is the onliest name that fits, hon.

(((bct))) i’m so sorry

So sorry for your loss ((BC)) I lost my boy in fur last April he was 16+ as well.

yup… silence and now the madam has a book deal… or was lf’s bombshell name from the dc madam case?

*Feigning indignation* … you’ve obviously nevvuh had Supriya’s Chicken Kabobs !

From the article: ‘…a New York call girl could plunge one of America’s most prominent governors into a fresh hell.’

Fresh hell? Hm.

Drat … so sorry to hear.

‘night, all. The best of all possible tomorrows to you all.

g’nite rond

I was sure that the shoe would drop in October, but, nada.

No, the House and Senate Hate Crimes bills are different and will require conference. Bmaz wrote about the problems in the Senate version here.

Thanks. When we left she was eating and walking and getting around fine. My vet called Thursday to say she was off her feed and asked permission to give her a different diet (of course.) He called Friday morning and said she’d eaten in the morning, and was resting on her sternum, alert. One of the assistant went back to check an hour later, and she was gone.

I didn’t have to make that most difficult decision, but … well, you know.

Oh no no, I’m so sorry BCT.

She is a Kennedy ya know!! And boy would she be pissed!

At the time, the reports said there were a flurry of Lawsuits … that those named were likely to commit suicide. This was enough to stop the DC Madam going public and it might have affected Flynt’s scoop.

Sorry, BCt. That sucks

G’nite Dood !

I’m sure she already knows.

Thanks Petro, and tbsa.

I was worried about taking this trip, but I didn’t really have a lot of choice. My folks are in their 80s and not in the best health themselves. If I was going to see them this was the time it had to be.

Sorry for your loss BC

Thanks Teddy … I missed that blog by bmaz.

Thanks, Margot. And Teddy too…

Thanks, nahant.

My condolences BCT — we are, many of us, with you in this situation. Aged parents and pets.

so none for Arhnold..

She was very fortunate to have such caring people as you and yours.

Isn’t adultery still a sin?

Butch Otter is my first choice. Not a choice based on logic, just a wish.

Other wishes would be Gibbons of NV and Rick Perry.

OTOH, Richardson [NM] has a reputation as an ass-man. How about him?

It is???
Ya ready for next weekend Teddy?

Only if you’re born in the USA …

IOKIYAR teddy… only sin they recognize is losing

Oh stop teasing the rest of us who are unable to attend your gala meetup ! /s

{{{ Cali FDLers }}}

It’s a crime in Mississippi and Mr. Pickering (former R congressman) has a wife who can’t stop talking – to the media and anyone who will listen. It’s delicious.

They don’t seem very “close” at the rare public events they attend together. I thought she was insane to marry him in the first place.

does that mean you are hosting a canadian northeast coast meetup petro?

I can’t wait to see you all! Very excited. And I’ll take lotsa snapshots so that those of you who can’t be there can, um, be there!

There’s enough of that snowbackery in the Golden State anyway.

;>)

Man, that accuser cum escort, crimany! I’ve never seen anything quite like it.

And I kinda hope it’s not the govenator…chances are what?

Thanks, Christine. It really is tough. Fortunately, our pets are now young adults — cats aged 1 and 2.

On the other hand, my mom is looking at having surgery, so I’m trying to figure out how to juggle my responsibilities here so I can be there… I envy my brother being retired and living nearby. Most of the recovery will fall on him and his wife, but I want to do my part.

sometimes the best help is respite time for your brother and his wife. perhaps fly out for a long weekend so they get some downtime when mom is recovering

She had to know what she was getting, tbsa. I’m not a celebrity follower at all (I heard something about Michael Jackson dying??? Is there anything to that? /snark) and I knew he had a rep for a roving eye.

If I know about something like that, undiscovered abos in the Amazon probably know it too.

I floated the idea last year but nothing came of it. I think we have to be part of a Noo Yawk meetup or a Michigan meetup, then build outward to a meetup in Toronto.

ROFL !!! Any new works of art from your end ?

That’s an excellent idea — better than mine about being there for the surgery and returning 2-3 days post surg.

Good for you. We can only do what we can do. So sorry about your loss.

We will .. you can be here with one of those Alsakan flights ya know!!

So if these alleged events happened in New York – it makes sense to me that it is someone who regularly travels to New York or lives not too far away. Otherwise is seems like an awfully long way to travel for sexual services that are also likely available where ever the client lives? Unless the sexual services are extremely … specialized?

glad i could help – having had 8 knee surgeries… its the post operative at home recovery time that is the hardest on both the patient and the caretaker.

Wanting to do my part, too, and most of the responsibility for our parents falls on my baby brother and his wife, who live nearby. They are heroic. Our 17 year old orange cat died this Feb. Our big trip this year is to drive to Bangor, pick up my 80 year old+ parents at the airport, and drive to Campabello Island to my brother’s house. It might be the last vacation for parents and children.

No kidding. I have a hard time with the fact that she’s still with him. (Or ever was.)

Maybe she’s sticking around “for the kids”, and when this hits–if it does–it’ll be the end.

Like you, tbsa, I can hardly believe she married him yet.

Teddy! Guessing games are so much fun! And of course, it would be irresponsible NOT to speculate. So, bearing in mind that i am always wrong at guessing games, if it’s fresh hell, i would vote for Sanford. His wife is apparently prominent in SC, and he’s already in trouble, so fresh trouble would be such a nice frisson. And didn’t he take trips to NYC to meet his Argentine squeeze? Yanno, if he/she’s gonna cheat with you, he/she’ll cheat on ya.

Maybe it was Pataki. Possibly Jeb or Mitt but the best of all would be Huckabee. No prominent wives though.

he did admit to other interludes iirc that did not cross the line…

So creepy, can one even imagine what he is talking about?

Nay, the Muse is dormant anon…

;>)

Five hundred mile, one-way commute? Nothing like a low carbon footprint.

{{{ NDFG }}}

In this case, crossing the line might mean the Equatorial Line … *g*

I suppose it could be Sanford, re-reading the second sentence:

Even as South Carolina’s Mark Sanford waits to see whether his wife, Jenny, forgives his romp in the pampas, a New York call girl could plunge one of America’s most prominent governors into a fresh hell.

It’s not like they wrote “could plunge another one of….”

OMGosh, I hope you have the best of vacations! Very special.

Gadzooks, I just saw the Caribou Barbie one … the poor Flag !

Same as Clinton: “I did not have sex with that woman, Ms Lewinsky”

For Southern straight boys of a certain age, blowjobs ain’t sex you’re having, they are sex you’re having done to ya.

Climate change is a scientific fiction, like phlogiston. Hadn’t you heard?

YOU HAVE A FILTHY MIND! What a fun idea, though.

It’s an outrage. An absolute outrage. Every single day, too.

Not possible to come to Cali. that soon … I am going to visit in the next 2-3 months though.

Thanks Loo Hoo,
I am frankly dreading the two day drive to get there, but am so thrilled to think that I can spend a week with my parents and sibs. They tell me that we can whale watch from the porch. If so, me and mum will be planted.

Take lots of pictures. Bring a computer or two along, and a spindle of CDs/DVDs, make sure everyone takes a disc home.

We did ours last summer in Estes Park, had a great time. Too many of the grandkids were missing, but that was unavoidable.

I think Dolphins Noonan would be very happy with the level of speculation we’ve permitted ourselves tonight.

Ahnuld just abruptly canceled all budget talk meetings…

but damn, it’d be so cool if this was why Palin stepped down, wouldn’t it?

Is he collecting per diem compensation for not living at his duty station? Inquiring minds want to know, you know.

HMmmm we just might have to have another little meetup…

Filled to bursting with patriotism.

;>)

Palin? Palin???

Does Caribou Barbie set anyone’s gaydar off?

I’ll take Mitt! Doubt it, though.

And can I just say that I’m worried about astronauts without toilets?

Republicans R Us.

ahnold claims scheduling snafu

{{{ PETRO! }}}

*waves at loohoo* tee hee! grrrrllllfriend, lets dish!

How wonderful! Time is precious. Are your parents on the Atlantic?

No. But my gaydar is highly unreliable.

Nothing but a coincidence.

707 !!!

‘Zumbodee yell svitch, dammit’

;>)

How’re you doing ? All well I trust !

hehehehe hey db

Parents living in PA, near Chadds Ford. Baby brother and dear wife nearby.
http://www.darknessdarkness.co…..nennis.php
I’m not sure if this is the latest site for Lisa Ennis.

Ahnuld or SP?

I’d love it either way, but the shock value of the revelation to the right wing if it were Palin would be overwhelming – even I might begin to posit a belief in a higher being…

all is well except for leading an extremely boring life, but at least i have a job! hows’bout you?

I was thinking Arnold, but agree that the other would be far more fun. !!

In Kali-Fornia (As Arnuld would say)?

No…we’ve got bigger fish to fry–like being Billions in the hole. Most folks here won’t care. He’s term limited anyway and where’s he going next, the Senate? Even without this, he’s not going to get Boxer’s job and that would be the only political office left for him to go.

But an Affair won’t hurt the movie “Terminator IV”: (Rise of the Geriatric Machines)

What are you doing now, workwise?

Maybe having his name in that sentence is supposed to be a little clue. Or a big clue.

Summer has apparently skipped Toronto this year, otherwise life’s great … girls becoming teens, so extensive graying of hair ! *g*

Probably have to rule out Idaho’s Butch Otter just on his name alone … it still makes me laugh.

Catholic.

When they were a new couple as far as the public (she had been essentially living with him for a little while) he was already playing around on her. I worked somewhere where the information of who (and even where and when sometimes) was common knowledge. I also worked with people who had to move someone in their company to a different job, because he wouldn’t leave the young woman alone decades later.

While it doesn’t always eliminate prostitution use, I would think that Arnold was too used to be able to use intimidation and/or power to convince people to sleep with him to start paying for it. His teflon lifestyle (nothing sticks, not harassment/cheating even physical intimidation) would probably eliminate his sense that he might need to be ‘discrete’, I don’t see him going commercial. Much as I would love the ass’s lifestyle coming back to bite him, I think we are more likely to see him felled by plane crash then something like this. (And seriously, aren’t we due for one of those that takes out a malicious, conservative politician for once.)

hmmm

Crockery thrown chez Shriver?

I vote for dead Ronnie

Nooner is pissed cause she thought that she was the only one digging him up and fucking him.

hugs for you BCT, now and as you trudge forward. I hope you, and others on here, realize how much strength is being sent out for you to use as needed.

Alabama – Robert Riley – (R) – Patsy Riley -
Alaska – Frank Murkowski – (R) – Nancy Murkowski -
Arizona – Janet Napolitano – (D) -
Arkansas – Mike Huckabee – (R) – Janet Huckabee
California – Arnold Schwarzenneger – (R) – Maria Shriver -
Colorado – William Owens – (R) – Frances Owens
Connecticut – Jodi Rell – (R) -
Delaware – Ruth Ann Minner – (D) -
Florida – Jeb Bush – (R) – Columba Bush
Georgia – Ervin (Sonny) Perdue – (R) – Mary Ruff Perdue
Hawaii – Linda Lingle – (R) -
Idaho – Dirk Kempthorne – (R) – Patricia Kempthorne
Illinois – Rod Blagojevich – (D) – Patricia Mell Blagojevich
Indiana – Joseph Kernan – (D) – Maggie Kernan
Iowa – Tom Vilsack – (D) – Christie Vilsack
Kansas – Kathleen Sebelius – (D) -
Kentucky – Ernest Fletcher – (R) – Glenna Foster
Louisiana – Kathleen Babineau Blanco – (D) -
Maine – John Baldacci – (D) – Karen Baldacci
Maryland – Robert Ehrlich – (R) – Kendel Ehrlich
Massachusetts – Mitt Romney – (R) – Ann Romney
Michigan – Jennifer Granholm – (D) -
Minnesota – Tim Pawlenty – (R) – Mary Pawlenty
Mississippi – Haley Barbour – (R) – Marsha Barbour
Missouri – Robert Holden – (D) – Lori Hauser Holden
Montana – Judy Martz – (R) -
Nebraska – Michael Johanns – (R) – Stephanie Johanns
Nevada – Kenny Guinn – (R) – Dema Guinn
New Hampshire – Craig Benson – (R) – Denise Benson
New Jersey – Richard Codey – (D) – Mary Jo Codey
New Mexico – Bill Richardson – (D) – Barbara Richardson
New York – George Pataki – (R) – Libby Pataki
North Carolina – Michael Easley – (D) – Mary Easley
North Dakota – John Hoeven – (R) – Mikey Hoeven
Ohio – Robert Taft II – (R) – Hope Taft
Oklahoma – Brad Henry – (D) – Kimberly Ann Henry
Oregon – Theodore Kulongoski – (D) – Mary Oberst
Pennsylvania – Edward Rendell – (D) – Marjorie Rendell
Rhode Island – Donald Carcieri – (R) – Suzanne Carcieri
South Carolina – Mark Sanford – (R) – Jenny Sanford
South Dakota – Michael Rounds – (R) – Jean Rounds
Tennessee – Philip Bredesen – (D) – Andrea Conte
Texas – Richard Perry – (R) – Anita Thigpen Perry
Utah – Olene Walker – (R) – Myron Walker
Vermont – James Douglas – (R) – Dorothy Foster Douglas
Virginia – Mark Warner – (D) – Lisa Collis
Washington – Gary Locke – (D) – Mona Lee
West Virginia – Robert Wise Jr. – (D) – Sandra Casber Wise
Wisconsin – James Doyle – (D) – Jessica Doyle
Wyoming – David Freudenthal – (D) – Nancy Freudenthal

By far the most prominent wife is Maria Shriver, but not the only possibility.

By far the most prominent wife is Maria Shriver, but not the only possibility.

I agree she’s the most prominent, but the comment of Annie’s that she subsequently found out he was married makes me think it must not be the Governator. Even if you don’t follow politics, or entertainment, I think that’s just one of those things people know. But maybe not.

The Governor would have to be independently wealthy.

Yes, it’s probably Governor Lindsey Graham. Good guess.

(Sheesh!)

Sounds like Ahnold to me.

If it is a prominent governor, I’m thinking somebody is picking off possible pres. candidates for 2012..John Edwards, Mark Sanford, Ensign..Chris Dodd took out the amendment for CEO bonuses from the bank bail out bill ’cause the WH wanted him to.

Good enough. We have enough corrupt govt. reps..let the games begin.

Yeah, it’s probably Governor Edwards or Governor Ensign or Governor Dodd. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Or maybe Governor Biden or Governor Cheney.

God help us all.

I narrowed the field to 4. I took all the current governors that were elected prior to 2006. From there I kept only the men, and then checked their spouse’s wikipedia page. If their spouse had no wikipedia page, I deleted them. If their spouse’s only noted accomplishment was being First lady, I deleted them too. I cut Mark Sanford, because he obviously doesn’t have the political savvy to keep something like this out of the news. I kept the Dems, because I really see no evidence that this MUST be a Repub. From that, there are 4 possibilities:

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tim Pawlenty
Ed Rendell
Phil Bredesen

Oh, and if you want my guess:

Ed Rendell

I hate to say it, but there are a few key clues: He’s near New York (Arnold lives in California, if he wanted a hooker he would not need to fly across the country with Los Angeles and Las Vegas so near-by) and he is a ‘prominent’ governor. It was also worth noting that the wife was ‘prominent’; as a Third Circuit Judge appointed by Bill Clinton, Marjorie Rendell certainly qualifies as prominent in her own right.

It sure sounds like Der Groenfuehrer. East coast tail is certainly not out of the realm of the possible. It’s far from home, thus minimizing the crossing of paths, money, no impediment there. Conventions, politicing and the like on the East Coast – plenty of opportunity. Please, please, let it be Der Grop. . . Maybe, just maybe the break we need.