From the 50 States Legislative news from Maryland and Virginia A daily dose of online news from beyond the Beltway. So said Mississippi Gov. Kirk Fordice last week while talking with reporters about the impending divorce from his wife of 44 years and his marriage to a high school sweetheart.
People like to be with a winner.
A good point, but it hasn't helped him among Mississippi voters. A new nonpartisan poll found that the outgoing Republican's favorability rating has dropped to 19 percent, off from his August 1995 high of 63 percent. Clinton's fellow Arkansas Baptist, Republican Sen. Tim Hutchinson, is also suffering some political fallout from his recently announced intention to divorce his wife of 29 years. The Internet has also been a focus at this week's meeting of the National Association of Secretaries of State.