Newt Gingrich has certainly seen his own empire rise - and fall.

Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.

I have no question that Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement.

Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized intelligence that is tragically unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility.

Newt Gingrich would cream Barack Obama in a debate.

Newt Gingrich is a very intelligent man, if he says so himself.