Alan Keyes will participate in tonight’s ValuesVoter Debate, along with Duncan Hunter, Mike Huckabee, Tom Tancredo, Sam Brownback, Ron Paul, and John Cox.

Yeah, I didn’t know what to make of Alan Keyes’s sudden return, besides the now-tired “Ooh, Keyes vs. Obama rematch” line.

I’m sure I’ll alienate a lot of Alan Keyes fans by saying this, and Keyes may still be the best orator in the GOP but the upcoming Republican debates need fewer three percent or less candidates, not more of them.