I realize this is the received wisdom, based upon Republican gains in the Clinton era credited to Gingrich.
I seriously question the veracity of this, given the gross overreach of the administration and the revulsion of the voting public at the time, as well as the sheer idiocy displayed by Gingrich both politically and in his personal life since then.
He's a relic, of questionable provenance. That I don't question.
I was thinking of him as a “mental giant” from the perspective of his background as a historian and his ability to understand the significance of events. His problem is that his response to situations (other women, political events) isn’t what it should be.
I think Newt really wants to be POTUS.