Gingrich extremely critical of Ronald Reagan, says former colleague Romney edges slightly ahead of Gingrich in latest poll Newt Gingrich promised last night to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2020 if he's elected as U.S. president. Gingrich, the former House speaker, told a packed room that he wanted to develop a robust commercial space industry in line with the airline boom of the 1930s, leading to a permanent base on the moon. On a campaign stop ahead of the Florida primary next Tuesday, the GOP presidential hopeful told an audience in Cocoa, on Florida's space coast, his plan would benefit 'science, tourism and manufacturing'.
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Romney edges slightly ahead of Gingrich in latest poll
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Gingrich's grandiose claims to the Florida space community came as one former White House colleague, who worked with @placeholder in the 1980s under Ronald Regan, described his relationship with the former president quite differently to Gingrich often fondly remembers in speeches.