Tahmincioglu, Eve. "S.C. Gov risks career for “love.” Would you?" CareerDiva.net. 25 June 2009

Dr. Debra Condren, author of “Ambition Is Not A Dirty Word,” thinks it’s all about narcissism.

He (and let’s face it, it’s usually a man, not a woman) builds this lifelong career.  Builds up power.  He becomes a legend — in his own mind.  The legend in his own mind and the nature of narcissism is that he splits off his immoral, self-destructive behavior, meaning he compartmentalizes it/denies it, essentially; the narcissistic mind has this way of telling itself, “That person cheating on his wife of 20 years and becoming a horrible role model to my four sons–I’m not THAT guy.”