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Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) had some good times and some bad times at the Christian home on C Street that he's lived in since 1995. But now, reports the Las Vegas Sun, he's moved out.

According to the paper, Ensign was not pushed out, but rather left on his own, out of a desire to spare the house's residents any further unwanted publicity. The New York Times had reported late last month that, according two of the senator's friends, he was making plans to move out.

The C Street house played a central role in the drama of the Nevada senator's admitted adultery with the wife of a close friend and aide, which unfolded this summer. In February 2008, other lawmakers who were also residents of the house, including Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), confronted Ensign about the affair with Cindy Hampton. They helped him write a letter to her, breaking things off, then drove hm to FedEx to mail it. But as soon as it was sent, Ensign called his mistress to warn her the letter was on its way and to disregard it.

The red-brick townhouse on Capitol Hill was also home for former GOP congressman Chip Pickering, whose alleged adultery was exposed during divorce proceedings earlier this year. (Pickering's wife charged that some of his "wrongful conduct" had occurred at C Street itself.) And South Carolina governor Mark Sanford said publicly that he sought help and advice from C Street's denizens about his own extra-marital affair.

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November 9, 2009 1:42 PM   

Moving out? What a shame. He fits in so well a C Street.

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November 9, 2009 2:10 PM   

The reporting last month on the Rachel Maddow show stated that the wonderful organization that owns the residence has it up for sale and that it was vacant. Has that changed, or was it incorrectly reported?

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November 9, 2009 2:25 PM   

OH MY!!!! John Esign homeless! At least, he has his government run healthcare to see him through . . .

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November 9, 2009 5:00 PM    in reply to Richard L. Adlof

I think he turned that down in favor of prayer

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November 9, 2009 5:06 PM   

Poor John. I guess Chris Cillizza will have to remove him from his "The Rising" series:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/the-rising/john-ensigns-unapologetic-crit.html

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Asked whether the Republican party had spent too much time on social issues like gay marriage and abortion to the detriment of fiscal policy in recent years, Ensign said that idea was a misreading of actual events since Congress had devoted almost no time to wedge social policy matters in recent years. "This is a few people blowing it out of proportion and the media running with it," said Ensign.

Heh.

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Combine Ensign's stepped-up national profile, his electoral successes -- four years in the House, two terms in the Senate -- in a swing state, his mix of political and policy expertise and his good looks (he looks a little like James Brolin) and you start to see why some people have begun to buzz about him as a possible candidate for national office down the line.

Chris Cillizza's sources really did a number on him. This was published in late April; Ensign's problems began to surface in June. Hard to believe there wasn't some knowledge of what was going on among insiders when Cillizza was writing this piece. Heckuva job, Chris!

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November 9, 2009 6:38 PM   

Another reason he may have moved out -- since the Family exercises strict control over the behavior of its cult, even to escorting him to the Fed Ex mailbox to cut off his affair and writing his apologies for him, he may want to get out from under their control so he can resume his horn-dog lifestyle without being under their watchful eyes.

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