Yesterday he again suggested to to republicans "distance" from & defy the WH during Study commitee meeting.
Someone suggested he would be a good professor. I agree. His appearance with Hillary ended his WH ambitions, imo.
Good point he cannot forget his roots in Congress and seems to want that to be the more powerful arm of government not co-equal
Can you provide more info on this, please? What did he say to whom? Newt is one of those people I would love to support as I like almost everything he says (almost). But then he does or says something that just pisses me off completely.
On your other point
Newt can run for congress & may become speaker or majority leader. He always side with the power of congress & he advised Hastert that FBI search of Jafferson was wrong - that 's when started the downslide of house republicans.
I have to ponder on this one, but I think the William Jefferson office search was one of the last nails in their coffin, not the first. Though I may very well be conflating House and Senate unfairly. The House Republicans were the bright spot for me, by and large, until this particular debacle. I'll think about that for a time.