Ex-U.S. Rep. Foley returns to GOP scene, four years after grounding in scandal

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/ex-u-s-rep-foley-returns-to-gop-1231532.html

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, a pariah with many in the GOP after he abruptly resigned in a 2006 Internet sex scandal, is slowly regaining acceptance with some local Republicans.

Foley spoke to a Palm Beach County Young Republicans meeting last week -- his first time headlining a GOP event since his resignation -- and on Tuesday he introduced new U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, at the grand opening of West's district office in West Palm Beach.

Foley's resignation over sexually charged e-mails to male former congressional pages came less than six weeks before the 2006 midterm elections. Many Republicans said Foley's disgrace contributed to the Democratic wave that swept away GOP control of the House and Senate that year.

There was criticism when the Young Republicans announced via Twitter and Facebook that Foley would be speaking at last week's meeting in West Palm Beach.

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[monmouth]

1. There is a very small group down here who are urging him to get

involved again in politics. He had been entertaining the idea of running for mayor. The paper (Palm Beach Post) had a field day and he soon decided to put his efforts elsewhere. He likes his picture in the paper but he is over...