Sanford emails? Another politician’s career takes a hit because of infidelity? Yeah, whatever. But those emails! Oh, purple prose! His speechwriter has to be cringing.
In all seriousness, though, for all the disgust and schadenfreude being aimed at his head, it appears that Sanford honestly loves this woman, and while infidelity is unforgivable in almost any circumstance, at least this is better than him boinking some intern for the hell of it.