The ever-entertaining New Jersey Senate race just got a lot less funny today, with the Republicans finding what may well be a serious candidate. Andy Unanue, whose candidacy was ruined by allegations of chronic drunkenness, dropped out of the race and was able to substitute the name of a new candidate in place of his own on the primary ballot: Former Congressman Dick Zimmer.

However, Zimmer will still have his own problems. He previously ran for the Senate in 1996, losing by a 10-point margin, and then failed to regain his House seat in a squeaker of a race in 2000. Since them, he's worked in Washington as a lobbyist — and the eventual Democratic opponent, whether it's incumbent Sen. Frank Lautenberg or one of his primary challengers, will be sure to use that against him should he win the GOP nomination.