Last night’s CNN Republican Debate among Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and two extras devolved into a crosstalk act. Rubio went glib and negative to attack Trump, a strategy akin to finding an alligator on the putting green and tackling it into a pond. Senator Cruz continued to speak in that tone of voice a percentage of voters don’t recognize as lying. Their combined light burned pretty dim, although it threw off a pleasing heat. Today is Friday, and unless something exciting happens on Tuesday, Donald Trump is going to be the Republican nominee for president. Won’t you retreat into pop culture with me?