Power mad; need that fund raising money; need that camera face time; need the security of "being somebody."
What does that tell you about his character to begin with?
Scary as hell, IMO.
What is it about boomers that doesn't allow them to go out with the grace and humility of most of their predecessors? Even Tom Foley had enough sense to do that for crying out loud.
What the heck are you talking about? You make it sound like Newt retired and is ancient. He's not. He's still a reasonably young man, politics-wise. You want him in a monastery. His brain didn't stop working when he left Congress. If anything, Newt's brain works non-stop and overtime. The idea he would go out to pasture at his age is ludicrous.