Thursday  18 June 2015  / Hour 1, Block C: Lara M Brown, George Washington University, in re:  Gun laws around the country; the mass tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina.  "This kind of mass violence doesn’t occur in other countries"—Pres Obama.  Second Amendment rights, wrong-headed inferences; Democrats and Republicans.   Pontsettias at Christmastime? – Jeb Bush runs; looking very trim and active, on Paleo diet, ready to go; a good beginning."   "Here it goes," said the Euros, "the two dynasties."  Historically, the Adams families, the Roosevelts – but a sense of the back-to-back nature of it and no change. In Florida, Rubio has to beat Bush and Bush has to beat Rubio.  Bush is a geeky guy; Rubio is a natural retail pol and enjoys deadpanning his jokes. Bush might make a great president but he's stiff. What'll matter is e ither can chalk up wins prior to Florida (15 March – the Ides of March [someone has a dry sense of humor]).  Dan Henninger: "a bar-stool bloviator."  Donald Trump enters the fray. Is that real? Has he filed the appropriate FEC paperwork? If not, it's bogus. And actors were paid $50 each to cheer at the announcement.  Mrs Clinton's announcement last Saturday was also a bit theatrical. Note that Mrs C does still have to deal with the Secret Service, which is genuinely restrictive.