Looks like even the Skunk knows not much, if anything, is going to happen here. He/she has closed the blog in the past when no news was expected for an extended period. It has happened again: Comment moderation has been enabled. All comments must be approved by the blog author.
I suspect that we are going to see and hear a lot of hot air (wishing and hoping and blind speculation) here and on the GERS' board before anything substantive develops.