June 30^th

This comment will be briefer than usual. The main event today was the entrance of Governor (Sit down and shut up!) Christie into the ring of Republican candidates for the Presidency. One more, Governor Kasich of Ohio, has declared that he will declare on July 21^st. We now have a considerable number of hopeful candidates.

When numbers of any species are gathered together (This is beginning to sound like a Bible Story; it isn’t), there is usually a special name applied to the group:  we have a murmuration of starlings; a parliament of owls; a pod of whales; a richness of martins and a band of gorillas. For this group may I suggest a snarl of Republicans? Donald Trump has made it plausible and Governor Christie has made it unavoidable!