Why Romney would fire Newt

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Newt Gingrich’s ideas to expand space exploration would get him fired in a world run by Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney.

“If I had a business executive come to me and say I want to spend a few billion dollars to go to the moon I would say, ‘You’re fired,'” Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, said during a GOP debate here Thursday. “We have got to say no to this kind of stuff.”