The truth is the Republican Party leadership, those good old boys that have been around since dirt, forced Gingrich to resign for the party’s good. They recognized him as a liability, that the American people, close to 80 percent of them, were sick and tired of Gingrich.

Gingrich has been accused, falsely so, of being a great American by at least one writer, Steve Myers, who publishes his own newsletter concerning Washington politics.

Correct me if I am wrong, but would not a great American have resigned for the country’s good, not the party’s good? Also, would not a great American had integrity exceeding that of the most common conmen? Would not a great American tell the truth?

You see, of utmost concern to great Americans is this nation, primarily its people and the advancement of the people as a unified nation searching for the best for the most, not a quest for the ‘advancement?’ of a political party.

Gingrich, nor the Republican (or Democratic) Party, has in my life ever strived for the betterment of the people. Every major decision made by either party in Congress has been made based on what it will do for the party’s power or the power of government over the people.

Any rhetoric to the contrary is simply to fool the people who actually believe they still have control over the direction Congress takes. They, the power mongers we have in our government, want votes even though the votes are probably meaningless in the scheme of things.

If every major poll indicates Congress should take some specific action, such as dropping the Clinton vendetta three or more years ago, then Congress should have responded and did as the majority indicated they wanted.

But, this wasn’t the case. Instead, the Republican majority did as it wished which was to do everything possible to set people against the Democratic Party. They shouldn’t have bothered since the Democrats do a rather decent job of that on their own.

A great American would have pursued the removal of corruption from Congress, not removed the potential of accomplishing positive changes by not allowing the House to even consider bills directed at campaign funding reform.

That is the legacy of Gingrich. Remove bills which might have resulted in Congress potentially having to legislate in favor of the people rather than in favor of wealthy contributors buying congressional votes and doing away with much needed campaing funding reform.

Keep the power of the party intact. We must have the money, not for the good of the people, but for the good of the party.

Will the next majoral House Leader be any different? Time will tell but I will make a projection. Nothing will change.

Congress, the 106th to be specific, will still pass legislation in favor of its major contributors or not remove legislation that has been in favor of its major contributors. There will continue to be the pursuit of complete control over the people.

Oh, there will be the usual “We are concerned about the youth of this nation" even though they continue to be quite negative role models who would find it extremely difficult to behave with integrity and honor.

Or, "We are concerned about high taxes" even though the Republican Party leadership in the past has resulted in higher and higher taxes. Dole, known as ‘the man who never found a tax hike he didn’t like’, often led the way with other Republicans following, particularly if the taxes didn’t affect the affluent).

And, then there will be the "We are doing this for you", such as forcing ID’s that will allow the government to track everything you do, every place you go, your Internet activities, phone conversations, and so on.

What will be missing is the above in fact. There will always be a ‘hidden’ party agenda which will result in increased power for the party regardless of the party in question. Power, of course, is the best indicator now of corruption. Power can be directly correlated to major contributors and whether or not a party member did as directed by the contributor.

Gingrich did serve this purpose very well. One of his final statements (I hope), those words uttered of his resigning for the party’s good tells the whole story and could be interpreted thusly : The American people be damned - we, the party, must stay in power in order to meet our own self-serving needs.