He's just a hack living on his past laurels. Looking at the sustainability of his contract I now believe it was nothing but a gimmick.
Newt was a tough fighter for years who helped get rid of Jim Wright and Tom Foley. He peaked with the "Contract for America" but was laying the groundwork for it for years. He recruited good people to run for Congress. He directed the overall efforts to elect Republican Congressmen
The way he got run out of Congress was unfair---->>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich