No, that’s not a reference to the group Genesis when lead singer Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett had departed.

It’s a reference to the only three GOP presidential candidates who are still viable.

Thursday’s debate featured Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, John Kasich, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.

Cruz answers the “New York” question with logic whilst Trump conflates conservatives, Manhattan and 9/11. Hubcaps and fruitbats, Mr Trump.

Rand Paul was not present because of his failure to make the varsity squad.  He decided to take all his toys and go home.  Ho-hum, no loss.  The “undercard” debate is here.

The three remaining feasible presidential candidates in the GOP race are Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.  I would, however, throw Chris Christie into the mix as a proverbial wild card.

John Kasich is estimably a zero, Jeb Bush continues to disappoint and Ben Carson, though likely a dear man, has proven once and for all that he is nowhere prepared to take the office of president.  Frankly, Ben Carson was embarrassing to watch.

People say the GOP is falling apart.  Certainly there is tension and discontent between what I term the GOPEE (GOP Establishment Elite) and the conservative, fresher elements of the Republican Party.  Fractious, yes, but not moribund just yet.

People are forgetting what’s occurring directly across the street.

Hillary Clinton is fragmenting and beginning to implode herself.  Her numbers are plummeting.  Some analysts are saying Hillary is back in 2008.  Voters don’t trust her and, evidently, she doesn’t trust them either.

Finally, the GOP fog is beginning to clear.

I say: it’s about time.

Time to focus.

BZ