June 23, 2009 05:33 PM UTC

At Least He's Not Your Missing Governor, Part II

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• by: ThillyWabbit

( – promoted by Colorado Pols)

Republican Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina disappeared last Thursday, failing to tell his wife, his Lt. Guv, or his staff where he was going–missing father’s day with his four children, leaving them wondering if he was dead or alive.

Well it seems he has turned up:

Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer says the governor called his chief of staff Tuesday morning. His last known contact with staff was five days earlier.

Sawyer says the governor was taken aback by the interest his trip to the Appalachian Trail has garnered. Sawyer says the governor decided that with all the attention he’d return to his office Wednesday.

Governor Ritter, rightly or wrongly, has received a lot of criticism lately for being MIA during the legislative session. But at least Colorado leaders know where they can find him in case of emergency.