Earlier this week, CREW called for the resignation of Rep. Vito Fossella.  We also asked for an investigation into this growing scandal.  However, according to the New York Daily News, Rep. Fossella is not quitting -- and is actually considering running for re-election: 

"We think he's seriously thinking about running again," the operative said.

"He's not going to resign," former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.) said on New York 1. "He can win."

State Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-S.I.), a close friend, emphasized Fossella's service to his constituents.

"I don't think anyone's fought harder or more effectively for the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn over the last 11 years," Lanza said.

A Republican source added: "They're polling it, trying to take a look at what's going on. Whatever they find, then he'll make a decision on what to do."

Fossella's outreach comes amid an unexpected sympathetic backlash for the disgraced congressman, House sources disclosed.

Pro-Fossella lawmakers served up House GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio and Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, a large ration of grief. The Fossella allies, led by Rep. Pete King (R-L.I.), believe he can weather the scandal and even win another term.

Boehner and Cole still think Fossella is doomed, but they have been muzzled by pleas not to pressure Fossella into a quick decision, sources confirmed.