I really wish that Steve had stayed in politics. I think a lot of his congressional troubles came from the fact that he had bad advisors. The Texas Monthly debacle is proof of that.
He never went proactive with the press and faced his accusers.
Stockman was a good guy and a strong defender of the 2nd Amendment. He just needed better staff.
What Texas Monthly debacle?
He was target numero uno of the democrat party in 1996. They pumped millions of dollars into that race to beat him. They even filed a suit against an independent candidate in that race who had the audacity to have the same name as the long-time democRAT representative that Steve had defeated in 94. The rats were afraid that the independent candidate's name recognition would split the anti-Stockman vote and allow Stockman to retain the seat. The RNC did nothing to support Stockman in 96 as they basically wrote the seat off as a lost cause when they saw how much the democrats, the unions, and the national fraud apparatus of the democrat party was pouring into the race.