Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (Calif.), a one-time confidant to former Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.), is no longer starry-eyed about the GOP presidential hopeful and believes his moon base plan is a bust.
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According to Rohrabacher, the former Speaker's major strength — visionary thinking — has time and again been undermined by less-than-exemplary follow-through.
"The trouble is, it's never part of Newt's calculation whether or not something can be realistically accomplished," the House Science, Space and Technology Committee member charged.
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"He should go on a lecture as being a futurologist who can paint pictures for people of what a bright future we could have," Rohrabacher counseled. "But he doesn't have the management and leadership abilities to lead those to fruition."
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Mitt Romney, Romney Campaign Press Release - Rep. Rohrabacher: Gingrich Moon Base Plan is a Bust Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/300016