Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center today in Huntsville, Ala. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)THOMAS BEAUMONT,Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Far behind in the race for the delegates needed to win the Republican presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich on Tuesday forecast a third campaign resurgence from a string of Southern primaries that lie ahead.
Campaigning in Alabama as voting was under way in Georgia, where Gingrich has said he must score a badly needed victory, the former House speaker called for a renewed commitment to space exploration during a visit to one of the nation’s monuments to its venerable space program.
“This is the launching pad for the next phase of excitement and invention,” he sat at the museum of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.
He was referring to the space program, but may as well have been talking about his up-and-down campaign.