Darlene Ensign

Senator John Ensign is back in the headlines, not for anything new, but for the same old same old.  When Ensign confessed his affair with his best friend’s wife he should have resigned.  But, like many before him… Vitter and others in the Too Good to Be True Party… John Ensign is not willing to do the best thing for the State of Nevada or the United States of America.  He should have resigned when the story broke.  Maybe he could have gotten by if he had just been bedding some other friend... Read Full Story

There is little to say about the extramarital affair of Senator John Ensign, Republican of Nevada.  With Las Vegas as his home base, it appears that Ensign gambled and lost.  Today he is heading home to confirm an extramarital affair. Perhaps we should say more, but let’s just say — John Edwards, Bill Clinton, David Vitter, Larry Craig, Elliott Spitzer and the list could go on, ad nauseam.  For all its worth, everything has been said about politicians who stray.  Just add the name of... Read Full Story

Oh, how things look differently when you are the one caught with the hand in the cookie jar!  Senator John Ensign, Republican of Nevada, has stepped down as Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, but has made no indication that he is willing to leave Washington or his Senate seat. Read Full Story

Nevada Senator -- a Darling of Social Conservatives -- Resigns GOP Leadership Post After Admitting He Had an Extramarital Affair; Latest Sex Scandal to Rock Republicans Is Making Mincemeat Out of Social Conservatives' Holier-Than-Thou Moralism Another one bites the dust: Senator John Ensign (R-Nevada) speaks to reporters in Las Vegas Wednesday after announcing that he was resigning from his post as head of the Republican Policy Committee. On Tuesday, Ensign stunned his Republican colleagues... Read Full Story

Nevada politics were thrown into turmoil, and the stateÕs Republican Party suffered another serious setback Tuesday as Sen. John Ensign acknowledged an extramarital affair with a staff member who was the wife of a top aide to the senator. The woman is believed to be Cynthia Hampton, then-treasurer of the senatorÕs campaign and political action committee. Her husband, Doug Hampton, was a senior member of EnsignÕs Senate staff. EnsignÕs afternoon news conference at the Lloyd D. George Federal... Read Full Story

Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, a leading conservative mentioned as a potential presidential candidate, admitted Tuesday he had an extramarital affair with a woman who was a member of his campaign staff. "Last year I had an affair. I violated the vows of my marriage," Ensign said at a brief news conference. "It is the worst thing I have ever done in my life. If there was ever anything in my life that I could take back, this would be it." Ensign spokesman Tory Mazzola said the affair... Read Full Story

AP – Sen. John Ensign of Nevada was only beginning to emerge from a self-imposed political exile over fallout from his extramarital affair with a campaign aide. Now, tawdry new details about the case are raising fresh questions whether Ensign can be re-elected in 2012 — or even face criminal charges over his behavior. Read Full Story

NV GOP SENATOR ADMITS TO EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR So Much For His “Family Values” Adulterous Republican Senator John Ensign with Senate Minority Leader Mitch “Little Bitch” McConnell looking on in admiration. (June 16, Las Vegas, NV) A heart of stone, a house of glass and balls of brass - just another hypocritical Republican politico caught with his pants, and morals, down around his ankles. John Ensign, a “rising star” among the beleaguered GOP team has admitted to an extramarital affair with a... Read Full Story

Posted By jwilkes - Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 at 3:28 PM   |   Report Abuse   |   RSS Feed Less than two weeks ago, John Ensign was in the hotseat, and his name was splashed across the headlines of every major newspaper in the country.  But now that politicos and the press have found a more salacious story to focus on, his name has given way to South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, whose scandal- for Ensign- couldn't have come at a better time... Read Full Story

AP - The second-ranking Senate Republican offered no support Sunday for embattled Sen. John Ensign, facing renewed criticism over an extramarital affair with an aide and the actions he took on behalf of her husband. Read Full Story