But who would they cast their three electoral votes for?

The political career of one Newton Leroy Gingrich has given all of us who follow American politics many head-scratching moments. My personal favourite is ‘CamScam’, where young backbencher Newt levelled unchallenged accusations of supporting the Contras at Democratic representatives…except that they weren’t in the chamber at the time, and C-SPAN’s cameras weren’t allowed to swivel around and reveal this to the home audience. This, however, surely takes the cake:

            “He proposed a "Northwest Ordinance for Space" in 1984 to establish a path to statehood for colonies in space…”