Jenny Sanford — the former South Carolina First Lady who wrote an autobiography about that time her ex-husband/former Governor Mark mysteriously disappeared to "hike the Appalachian trail," which turned out to be a euphemism for frolicking about with his Argentine lover, who is now his fiance — might fill Jim…

From the Appalachian Trail to the... Crappalachian Trail. Disgraced former South Carolina governor and notorious family values-touting philanderer Mark Sanford will soon be reappearing in the public eye again after resigning from office in 2009. This time around, he'll be joining Fox News, cable TV's shoutiest network.

Political philandering is typically seen as a man's game, but South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley may have proved women can play too — at least if you believe one blogger.

Nicholas Sarkozy is making bizarre claims that "Anglo-Saxon financiers" are spreading rumors about his infidelity to destroy France, but the really unusual thing about the scandal is Carla Bruni's role in it.

Jenny Sanford remains something of a cipher: self-revelatory yet controlled, gracious yet steely, emphasizing her traditional values. And today, several among a room full of career women, one of which was me, wanted to know if she's a feminist.

On last night's 20/20, Jenny Sanford sat down with Barbara Walters to discuss her husband's affair and the subsequent toll the extremely public fallout took on their marriage and their children. Clip after the jump.

In what the Edwards family can only regard as divine intervention, Fascinating Person Jenny Sanford's new PR blitz sticks Mark squarely back in the dog-house:

South Carolina's first lady, Jenny Sanford, is urging conservative women to run for office as "women understand the conservative issues as well as any man. We run our households and our families, and we don't live beyond our means." [UPI]

Gayle Haggard has written a book about why she stayed with her husband Ted after he confessed to having sex with a male prostitute, and now she's going on talk shows claiming her marriage is "the best it's ever been."

Jenny Sanford's book will be released on February 5th, a month earlier than expected, her publishers announced. And Ballantine Books has posted a lengthy synopsis of Staying True, the "candid and compelling memoir" of Sanford's "very public betrayal." [CNN, NYDN]

Is Jenny Sanford - the one-time financial whiz who's turned humiliation into a book, a patent and a Baba-nod - a new paradigm for political spouses, or simply a woman doing what "lots of women" do? Both sides:

Mark Sanford says he wants to reconcile with his wife Jenny, who recently told Barbara Walters that she was "obviously not" his soul mate - but Jenny just filed for divorce.

Back in August, we weren't that impressed with Jenny Sanford's reaction to her husband's "Appalachian Trail" dalliances. But now that she's using his infidelity as a springboard for her own projects, we (sort of) dig her.

Jenny Sanford has sold an "inspirational memoir" to Random House, and on CBS's The Good Wife, Julianna Margulies goes from bad marriage to awesome legal career. But not all women pick up their lives — or careers — so easily.

In a new Vogue profile, Rebecca Johnson claims that Jenny Sanford's grace following her husband Mark's admission of his affair has changed "the options for wronged political wives." Unfortunately, the profile reinforces plenty of old stereotypes.

GMA is concerned about how Jenny Sanford is "coping." Robin Givhan says, just look at the clothes: she's fine! But when we see Ruth Madoff's roots? That analysis is accompanied by Schadenfreude.

The proper way for a politician to confess to cheating is to wait until caught, give a brief statement and for him and his wife to shut up. Today, Mark Sanford proved yet again he isn't reading off that script.