Well, you know what they say about arguing with a fool.
So, you win.
Now tell me, when are you going to go back in time and yank old Newtie right out of that Speaker’s chair, hmmm?
Again, only if your understanding of the Speaker election requirement was correct would Gingrich have fallen short of a majority. But since all he needed was a majority of those that cast a vote for a person )and didn’t vote present or abstain), his 216 votes were enough with 3 votes to spare.