Maybe he wanted to take a page out of Usher's soon to be ex-wife Tameka's book and get some international plastic surgery? Orrrrr, if this were a soap opera he would totally have a secret family there who he was visiting.
Clearly, I have too much time on my hands and spend FAR too much time thinking about gossip

Sudden and insatiable craving for empanadas. Hey, we've all had them.

I think he's dealing with some underhandedness. He's Republican (=anti Obama), and Obama has been trying to do peace talks in South America. Nothing like trying to make his administration fail by being a sneaky little prick. It would be a GOP dream come true.

Just saying.

Mid-life crisis perhaps? I've had a quarter-life crisis, so I think I may identify.

i thought what Molly thought - visiting his other family
if his wife is so pissed maybe this has happened before...if yes, it will come out!

I think it's funny just listening to people discuss a man they've never heard of who's Governor of a state they hardly know a thing about. In the mean time N.Korea's planning to snatch ur asses up with a bomb. Idiots.

Molly...stick to celebs. Those stories are fluff enough to express the lack of journalistic substance.

OK- He just mentioned "god laws" ... I'm thinking affair.

oh jesus who cares.

OK — he's admitted an affair and is resigning as chair as Republic Gov. Association.

Oh man. I can't believe he actually DOES have a woman in Argentina. And he's talking about her as a "we".

Ah... does he think this press conference is couple's counseling!

I was going to say affair, and apparently he came out about it? Interesting. That is the only thing I could think of.

See. He's a politician that had an affair. Not news.

What the heck is MSNBC talking about?

"He did the right thing..."

"He came forward, he was a man..."

Sorry, no dice! HE WAS CAUGHT!

MSNBC is delusional... now that he's admitted it the pundits won't make fun of him?! Did they sleep through the Clinton administration?

So he had an affair. It's a big deal (because it's totally WRONG), but not - because he's a politician and it's not a new phenomenon.

But why the eff would you up and LEAVE YOUR JOB to do it?! His butt is so FIRED - they need to call in Donald Trump to do it Apprentice-style!

Another one. Amazing.
What is it about politicians that makes them do this? Apparently, the public thinks nothing of it, because we keep voting them into office.

Something about stimulus money...let me see, they say He's a Populous. Then he got on a plane, singing don't cry for me Argentina...the Boy just might be crazy. Shout out to SC.

I'm shocked that people don't find this newsworthy. He's the GOVERNOR of a state, and he just left and went to South America without telling anyone! I mean, seriously, he's supposed to be running the state. It's a good thing there wasn't any sort of emergency while he was gone, given that his own staff didn't know how to reach him!

I'm fairly sure SOMEBODY knew exactly where he was and what he was doing, they just chose not to share that info with the public - or the state Congress, or the Vice-Governor...

You can't be a public figure like that and just LEAVE THE COUNTRY continuously on the d/l without people knowing. I think he paid them to cover it up until he stayed in Argentina too long and had to 'fess up to the media.

SIMPLE, HE'S A CHEATING, LOW DOWN, GOOD FOR NOTHING JERK!!

someone (a politician no less) cheating GASP! stop the f*cking press.guess what? people cheat,dont get married!