Gibbs Knotts, chairman of the political science department at the College of Charleston, said it’s not an insurmountable problem if Sanford can stick to his small-government talking points and appeal to the GOP base.

“I don’t think this is fatal for Sanford. It’s just a bad day for Sanford,” Knotts said. “He needs to be out there talking about the size of government, the federal budget deficit and the themes he did very well talking about during the primary.”

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