Speaking of that, we did indeed. Sadly, Newt and his Super PAC (of which I was a member) share a lot of the blame for that. It is all explained here, including a long section on the GOP primary season and my extremely heated battles with the estab consultants inside Newt's PAC (yes, we had a few in there, dammit).
Bookmarked.
Is your book available commercially? Amazon or Kindle?