Have we had enough Republican debates?

Alex Massie puts them in a nutshell:

The debates feel like the awkward annual Thanksgiving family reunion you nonetheless secretly kind of look forward to attending. Here’s drunk Uncle Rick, forgetting what he meant to say, and there's cousin Ron, ever peddling his conspiracy theories. Who will Uncle Herman get inappropriate with this year? Then there’s the sadly poignant example of Grandpa Newt, from whom you get the uncomfortable impression that he will soon return to debating historical figures while sitting in his underwear in the privacy of his own home. (“What kind of name is Ulysses, anyway? Sounds vaguely Mohammadian...”)

Even Obama has less-than-kind words about the Republican debates. His campaign advertising strategy? Play clips from the Republican debates. "We won't even comment on them, we'll just run those in a loop on Univision and Telemundo, and people can make up their own minds." It might just work.

(Image: "Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich, left, speaks as Mitt Romney, listens during the CBS News/National Journal foreign policy debate at the Benjamin Johnson Arena, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 in Spartanburg, S.C." (AP Photo/Richard Shiro, source)