Those of us who have acute memories from those times, are not well received by the Santo puppies here. Especially after we keep presenting them with actual facts, direct from the record. You outlined exactly, what happened. And don’t forget Trent (Can’t we all just get along?) Lott.
I was so into politics in the early to mid 90s.....then the establishment colluded with Democrats to destroy Newt, the very person that revived the conservative movement after Bush senior tried to drive a stake through the it’s heart. Many of those pseudo conservatives and establishment Republicans owed their careers to Newt. I was disgusted for a long time. I paid attention to the election in 2000, and to 911, but what really got me interested again was the Tea Party movement.