Look, I’m all for seeing as much critiques of our candidates as possible. I want this race to be a real race (which is why I want Newt or Santorum to win Florida – If Romney wins, I think he’s got too many states in the bag later on, between VA, IL, and others for anyone else to catch up). But slanderous attacks that have little to no basis in facts just make the attacker look bad. Keep it honest so we can see our candidates respond with real strength, or not.

Oh, and every public official responsible should have their name tarnished by the case.

Back to Gingrich: Every time he mentions space, he always mentions the commercial and private sector, and a NASA that is lean and efficient, coordinating government space interests through full use of the new space sector. While he might very well propose increasing NASA’s budget, all of his big plans for space are almost certainly based on a much more efficiently spent dollar, and a trip to the moon does not necessarily mean the huge bureaucratic expenditures of previous eras. Yes, we can go to the moon and trim the budget – likely even NASA’s budget.

And there’s still all that charity.