The Republican Primary and debates are excellent, excellent entertainment right now.

What do you get when have a slate of Republican candidates that nobody likes? President Obama for another for four years. Take that, all my conservative friends who were calling Obama the next Jimmy Carter. Again, more glee. 

Nate Silver speculates what will happen if Gingrich wins the primary, but is hated by the party establishment. Silver thinks that there is  a small but nontrivial chance that a new face might jump in at the last minute and the Republican nominee could be someone like Jeb Bush, Paul Ryan, Mitch Daniels, Tim Pawlenty or Chris Christie.