No, the GOP couldn’t wait to get rid of him, even though he’d gotten most of the agenda through. It was a non-scandal about a perfectly normal payment for his book, but the GOP simply fled because they were actually embarrassed by the fact that he had dared to oppose the Dems and succeeded. He was really public enemy #1 to the media in those days.
When he talked about running for President years ago, I remember all the Freepers came out and screamed that they couldn’t possibly vote for a man who had been married three times, regardless of his political principles.
I don’t know about the personalities of any of his wives, but that’s not relevant at all.
I think he’d be a good Speaker (at least for the remainder of the Biden term) because he knows the game and if it hadn’t been for the usual wussy GOP, he could have accomplished more excellent things if he had been allowed to continue.
That said, I don’t know if he is even interested (I doubt that he is) and this is all speculation.
I just hope we don’t end up blowing our chances and getting a wuss in there (or keeping McCarthy, unless somebody can hold his feet to the fire).
What are you talking about? That stuff you are talking about only came to light after he was gone from office. The Scandal he ran from and resigned from the House of Representatives for was his affair with Callista Bisek.
Georgia didn't care at all about his struggle in Congress for the Speakership. A Democrat in the same situation would would have stayed in office no matter what. Newt Gingrich tucked his tail between his legs and hightailed it out of town.