[Howlin]

Gingrich's congressional career ended in 1998 when he abruptly resigned from Congress after poor showings from Republicans in elections and after being reprimanded by the House ethics panel over charges that he used tax-exempt funding to advance his

He was being challenged for the leadership position, wasn't he? And he just quit, the end.

[Kakaze]

He was being challenged for the leadership position, wasn't he? And he just quit, the end.

Newt's not dumb by any stretch and getting out front now, before he announces ( if he's going to announce ) is pretty smart.

Let the media have a small run with this and later he can say everyone knows, I admitted it twice now, once in 1998 and now in 2007, twice in a decade publicly, when is enough ..enough?