It remains to be seen what kind of ground game he can organize and how much money he can raise. His profligate spending on himself on the campaign trail is not exactly what donors like to see.
Please stop spreading dishonest Romney spin.
Newt wasn’t “forced out,” he resigned after the Repubs lost a handful of seats in 1998.
The ethics investigations happened years before that and had nothing to do with it. Nancy Pelosi was on the committee. He was reprimanded based on one trumped-up charge and voluntarily agreed to pay 300,000 to cover costs of the investigation. All the charge said was that he taught a college class that promoted Republicans. The IRS then investigated that charge and found Newt not guilty of anything.
The investigation was a political witchhunt. Of course everyone voted to reprimand him because you can never lose by accusing a congressman of corruption with the public, whether it’s true or not.