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Permanent colony on the moon by the end of his second term as president gingrich. newt gingrich, you will remember, didn't want to just make the moon a colony. he wanted to make it a specifically american colony. he said once we figure out how to get a few thousand americans up there it could be our 51st state. newt gingrich might now be president of the moon. but it didn't work out for his campaign here on earth. it's possible that the moon colony plan can be revived enough to work for mr. bush, though, this year. could do, might do. at least we know what is not working for jeb bush this year...

He said once we figure out how to get a few thousand americans up there it could be our 51st state. newt gingrich might now be president of the moon. but it didn't work out for his campaign here on earth. it's possible that the moon colony plan can be revived enough to work for mr. bush, though, this year. could do, might do. at least we know what is not working for jeb bush this year. it's his plan to saturate the airwaves in early states like new hampshire with tv ads promoting the idea of him as president. governor bush and superpacs supporting him have spent nearly $5 million on tv and rad...

Aspirational again. i mean, i remember -- this will sound kind of odd, but four years ago in one of the debates gingrich, speaker gingrich talked about colonizing the moon. and it was one of those big raucous crowds, you know, 4,000, 5,000 republicans. those crowds get, you know, rowdy. let's just leave it at that. and people started laughing. in the other debate people running for president kind of laughed at him as well. i'm thinking, really? i think it's pretty cool. i mean, what's wrong about having big lofty aspirational goals? >> governor, when you colonize the moon, who would you put as...

5,000 republicans. those crowds get, you know, rowdy. let's just leave it at that. and people started laughing. in the other debate people running for president kind of laughed at him as well. i'm thinking, really? i think it's pretty cool. i mean, what's wrong about having big lofty aspirational goals? >> governor, when you colonize the moon, who would you put as governor? marco rubio? donald trum s&p. >> there's lots of people who could be effective leaders on the moon. let me think about it. i'll get back to you on that in the next millennium. >> republican candidate jeb bush in new hampshi...

The site for his presidential library. i mean, what's not to like about george h.w. bush and barbara. what's not to like about george w. and laura. >> do you put jeb bush in that same category? >> absolutely. >> it's interesting. so, shout out to texas a&m, i guess. who doesn't like george bush sr. these days. that's true. kasie, you got to it earlier. in 2011 the role was so specific and the open spot in the republican presidential field for the conservative alternative to mitt romney and they never figured out who it was. they all took turns. gingrich had his moment and perry had his moment ...