He was an effective leader with serious personal character flaws that could be exploited. He chose to leave instead of fighting.
He decided that it wasn't worth the effort when his own party refused to back him. He decided that writing books and giving speeches and making millions of dollars with his new young wife was better than constantly being pilloried for being effective at his job.
Clinton fought and kept his job, but history will record that he was a disgraced president who was impeached.
Gingrich won the battle and the war as he was able to force Clinton into the very concessions that effectively made Clinton a center right president and two termer. Gingrich saved Clinton's presidency. He knows it and Clinton knows it.
He also allowed for the House to remain in Republican hands for more than a decade until Hastert and Bush refused to operate in a Conservative manner. Remember how they lost the House in 2006 race they where branded as a party that ran a ‘culture of corruption’ by featherbedding their nests with pork and because a Congressman texted a page. They where called corrupt by of all people Nancy Pelosi.
If we had an effective negotiator and power broker like Gingrich instead of Boehner we would have effectively repealed Obomacare ALLREADY through the power of the purse strings. He could have forced Obama to repeal and replace the entire bill by simply using the power that the Constitution gave him. Some form of Medical Reform would have occurred, but it would have been better for all concerned. Including the President in the long run.
With the power of the Republican House, led by Gingrich, they effectively controlled the president. As is the entire idea of the Constitution. The House of Representatives is intended to have the most power, we simply need a ruthless Conservative leader who refused to buckle and is willing to put the hurt on the President. Gingrich did it. Had he been less morally ‘flexible’ he could have remained speaker for twenty years.
hahahahah OK How much did Super Newt CUT the budget?
You actually believe the hype. Its sad really. They didn't Control anything they promised to CUT the Budget they didn't they promised to fix Social Security they didn't. What they did was they increased the Budget a little less than what the Democrats would've done and they kicked the can down the road.
Gingrich played it fast and loose and talked a good game but in the end he increased the budget and didn't cut a single dollar. And them's the facts!