We’ve known for a while that the House leadership leaned on Mark Foley to run for one more term in Congress before cashing in and becoming a lobbyist — even if that meant keeping the House pages on their toes for two more years avoiding the F-man’s constant advances. But apparently they weren’t the only one. It now seems that Karl Rove also got into the act and threatened Foley’s future lobbying career if he didn’t stick it out in Congress for two more years.
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