GOPers are fighting back against Foleygate! It looks as if NRCC chief Tom Reynolds has hit on a way of pushing back against Foleygate: He's accusing an upstate New York House candidate of phone sex, reports Ben Smith of The Daily Politics. Relatedly, two Connecticut Republicans -- Reps Nancy Johnson and Rob Simmons -- are actually trying to capitalize on the sex scandal that is causing their party to implode. How? The Associated Press reports that both Johnson and Simmons are slamming their Dem opponents, Chris Murphy and Joe Courtney, of being weak on anti-sexual predator laws. Read the AP story here.