Two-Family Man Vito Fossella Considering Another Run - Family values Rethug

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Rachel Slajda | May 11, 2010, 9:56AM

Politico reports this morning that Vito Fossella, the New York Republican who dropped out of his re-election campaign in 2008 after a DUI arrest led to the revelation that he had fathered a child during an extramarital affair, is considering running for his old House seat.

Sources close to Fossella said he's thinking about challenging Rep. Mike McMahon (D-NY) for his seat from a district in Staten Island. The Staten Island Republicans reportedly delayed a candidate screening meeting this week in order to allow Fossella more time.

Fossella received a standing ovation last week at the Staten Island Republicans' big annual Lincoln Day Dinner, which drew 300 people, according to the Staten Island Advance. He introduced the group's pick for governor, Rick Lazio. snip

After a woman from Virginia -- not his wife -- picked him up from jail, he admitted to fathering a child, then three, with her. Fossella is married and has three children with is wife.