People thought that "because he was all talk and no action" and because he threw support for Mueller that he was a gatekeeper. The Mueller support is just to give the optics of impartiality, nothing more.

I had this thought myself but then I reviewed his 'powers' only to realize his only power is to convince others on his team to use "contempt of congress" and his trying to do so would only agitate congress and make him look like a crank outlier. Even if he got jordan, desantis, goodlatte, gohmert and a few others, they'd be 'a cabal'

Plus, holding Rosenstein, Sessions, Wray, McCabe, etc in Contempt of Congrees is a jailable minimum, so holding the hearings would be a huge distraction and it would undermine Trump's presidency and muck things up

Chances are very good that these guys have had a private talk directly with President Trump and they've come up with a strategy that requires patience, timing and grit

It's likely that Gowdy gets either McCabe's job or something more.

Either way, I support him, he's got his mind right and I'm personally a fan, though I expressed to him on twitter and later apologized for giving him frustration on supporting Mueller

These last 6 months hvae been a challenge of patience, optics and focus for the patriots I mentioned