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.
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).