Last week, Newt Gingrich proposed settlements on the moon leading to statehood, which would leave us with six states less than Obama has visited, but is a stunning idea all the same. Left unaddressed were the really big issues: If the moon were a state, how many votes would it have in the Electoral College? How would one campaign there?

How would its senators commute to the Senate? How big and expensive would its media market be? And would this moon be a red state, or blue?