He did a good job before, but the GOP dumped him.
Newt was my congressman and we reelected him by a landslide. He clobbered the Democrat. Then only weeks later his scandal came out and he turned tail and took off for parts unknown. The least he might have done is resign the Speakership, but to leave Georgia and never to be seen again?
Also, Newt's mistress-wife is a cold fish. His ex-wife was a good woman. I got to talk with her for awhile at one of his rallies, along with the old CNN reporter Bob Franken.
LOL I had some fun with that too. Bob Franken was taking credit, while they were standing around the kitchen table one night, for suggesting to Newt that he write a book which became "Window of Opportunity: A Blueprint for the Future." I started talking about reporters telling lies and Marianne Gingrich was agreeing with me.
Later on Bob Franken walked by me and said, "you know I'm a reporter too", and I emphatically said, I know! He walked away in a snit. I'll laugh at him till my grave.