Newt was very instrumental in the Republican takeover of Congress in 1994. He had had a lifetime to study the majority democrat congress way of doing business.
His first serious mistake came in early 1995, when he thought the rules of the House-media-country would stay the same, with the only difference being Republicans in majority positions.
How blind he was! He never adjusted to the new playing field. Not understanding the Rules is no excuse, and it is a certain defeat.
He kept living in the past, and thought he would get the treatment that 40 years of Democrat Speakers had gotten.
He has academic brilliance, but as a Leader he was not very good at all! Compound that with cheating on his high profile wife while the House was running Impeachment Hearings on a sitting president who was an adulterer, and you have an example of personal interest way superceding leadership essentials.
I have NO respect for him.
Which wife was he cheating on during that period? #2 or #3 or was it #4?