He had Clinton on the mat and let him come back and win reelection in 1996. He totally misplayed the government shutdown and let the Republicans be painted as the bad guys. Newt was basically neutered after that. He tried pandering to the leftists but that didn’t make his enemies hate him any less. He had a chance to set liberalism back a generation in this country and he just plain blew it. Now he thinks he can redeem himself by running for President? He should go back to sitting on the sofa with Nancy Pelosi.
Your whole post is dead on. Great post, and I agree 100%. I followed that fiasco very closely and my jaw dropped when Newt ran like a scared bunny rabbit from the Democrat newsrooms just when it looked like the mindless chattering class was beginning to truly understand the issues and turn against Clinton.