Even Republicans ready to write off Vito Fossella in DWI, lady ‘friend’ scandal
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Fossella tried to project calm by attending his eldest son’s Confirmation on Staten Island, but some Republican campaign officials warned donors he was a “huge problem” going into the fall elections.
Some even told donors to withhold checks to Fossella, inside sources said.
Party officials were losing confidence Fossella could hold onto his seat even if he survived fallout from his drunken-driving arrest in Alexandria, Va., last week, the sources said.
The married congressman also faced questions over whether he had a 3-year-old love child with retired Lt. Col. Laura Fay, who rescued him from the drunk tank on Thursday, the sources and others familiar with the conversations said.
“That’s a huge problem for us,” a GOP official told representatives of political action committees who support Republican candidates.


