This will be good for him, if he realizes that he doesn't have a monopoly on brains in the party.
There was a time- going back to that ghastly Clinton plague-- when I'd call my wife over to hear Newt's floor speeches on C-Span.
He was the only member of the Stupid Party with a plan to take back the house, not content to play second fiddle, and he was worth listening to.
But I'm afraid all that changed after the all-too-brief triumph in 1994, and he sort of went to the dogs.
It's a pity, but he's so yesterday now, it's not funny.
Like you, I went to read the comments on his site, and they are brutal- and more so for being true.