Uncle! Uncle! Please no more debates! We’ll give you whatever you want, just stop having debates!

That’s the sentiment that many Americans are expressing these days as the Republican candidates for the Presidential nomination congregate in Iowa for an Iowa Public Television/Des Moines Register Presidential debate.  The afternoon debate, starting in less than one hour (2pm Eastern), will be the last for the Republican candidates before the Iowa caucuses on January 3rd. 

This one could promise to be somewhat more interesting from a purely bloodsport point-of-view, as Governor Mitt Romney attempts to regain some steam in Iowa amid the so-called “Huckaboom”.  Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has been soaring in the polls in recent weeks as Evangelicals rally around the Southern Baptist minister and self-described “Christian Leader”.  Former MA GOV Mitt Romney (did you know he was Mormon?) may look to halt the Huckaboom with a devastating series of attacks - making it likely that the icy atmosphere won’t just be outside the television studio in Johnston, Iowa today.