The family values of the G.O.P..... Amazing progress!

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who had been pegged as a strong contender for the GOP in the 2012 Presidential election, resigned as head of the Republican Governors Association. Sanford had made headlines for disappearing earlier this week and today revealed why he had been missing.

"I've been unfaithful to my wife, and I developed a relationship with what started as a dear, dear friend from Argentina," he said, breaking down in tears.

Sanford had said he had been camping when people questioned his whereabouts after resurfacing. He admitted today that he went on a secret trip Argentina to meet with his lover.

There is now talk about impeaching the Governor in the state chamber because of him going AWOL earlier this week and not being able to be reached.

On Tuesday former vice president Dick Cheney said that he would back former Florida governor Jeb Bush if he decided to run for president in 2012. In an interview with Fox News' Neil Cavuto, Cheney said:

“I like Jeb. I think he's a good man. I'd like to see him continue to stay involved politically. I'd probably support him for president.”

Cheney insisted, however, that he's "not in the business of endorsing anybody at this point", but did note that he's "a big fan of Jeb's."

As for Jeb's older brother, former president George W. Bush, Cheney said that they had not spoken in awhile:

“He and I have had a number of conversations on the telephone since Jan. 20. [But], It has been a couple of weeks.”

Cheney has recently become one of President Barack Obama's harshest critics, stating that his administration has made the country less safe in dismantling Bush-era national security policies. On Tuesday he also hit back at the Obama administration for considering prosecuting Bush administration attorneys that provided the legal backing for CIA interrogations at the Guantanamo Bay military prison and other detention centers around the world: