If Obenshain loses, who does the GOP have as a Governor candidate for next election?
Bill Bolling if he hasn't severed all ties with the party by that point. Deeds also won the nomination for governor after losing the attorney general race by a similar margin as Obenshain.
Bolling would likely have a tough time at the convention. Allen is probably done with politics.
A name being floated around over at RedRacingHorses, who I think actually may be good, is Rigell.
That assumes Rigell survives 2014. (I presume if he plans to run for governor in 2017, he won't run for reelection in 2016 when he'd face an even tougher battle.) Rigell is potentially vulnerable, especially if we get a second shutdown.