As an added bonus, if Gingrich were to accept the speakership (which will not be offered this is pure speculation), that acceptance would token a commitment to put a stop to Obama's depredations.
I was a Constituent of Newt - he was my congressman during his entire tenure in the House.
I heard him say in his own words (at the time of the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal) “I’ll hold President Clinton responsible for his actions, ethically, morally and legally......[paraphrased]”
It was shortly thereafter that his “baggage” ended up around his ankles (as in pants-around) with his now-wife Callista of whom he dotingly speaks every chance he gets. We all know the outcome of that.
Frankly, I could think of one or more “symbolic” candidates myself.
Jim Jordan, from the district just north of me, is by far the most solid Congressman in DC.