WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Chris Christie as Howard dean By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON –The campaign to re-elect New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie will spend a million dollars on advertising this fall even though Christie is 20 points ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono, a sacrificial lamb if ever there […]
Author: Douglas Cohn & Eleanor Clift
In Russian self interest
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 In Russian self interest By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – From Russia with love, or not, but the eleventh-hour intervention by the Russians saved President Obama from what looked like a major defeat on Capitol Hill with lawmakers refusing to give the president authority for a […]
Dithering is not an option
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Dithering is not an option By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Unlike military responses to an attack or imminent threat, military actions of choice tend not to be popular even if they are the right thing to do. That is why the War Powers Resolution of […]
Isolationism redux
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Isolationism redux By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The two figures most prominent on the Republican side making arguments for and against using military force in Syria are John McCain, R-Ariz., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., senators from different generations who represent the fight for the heart […]
What debt ceiling?
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 What debt ceiling? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Jack Lew alerted Congress that the nation’s debt ceiling will reach its limit sometime in mid-October, which means that lawmakers must ready themselves for what could be another epic fight. President Obama says he will […]
The two-enemy solution
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 The two-enemy solution By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Following the First Gulf War in 1991, the U.S. imposed a no-fly zone over Kurdistan in northern Iraq, effectively establishing an autonomous region for the Kurds who had been subjected to the worst abuses of Saddam Hussein, […]
Theocracy isn’t democracy
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Theocracy isn’t democracy By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The debate in Washington is over whether the Obama administration should or shouldn’t suspend and/or cut off military aid to Egypt, but the essence of the problem is much deeper than the arguments made for and […]
Why the U.S. leads in incarcerations
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Why the U.S. leads in incarcerations By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The U.S. puts people in jail at a higher rate than any other country, a practice that is becoming unsustainable both financially and morally. With just five percent of the world’s population, a quarter […]
Unbridled capitalism
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Unbridled capitalism By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – We know the Pope is Catholic, but some conservatives aren’t sure he’s a capitalist, not that the two necessarily go together. In recent days, Pope Francis has questioned what he calls “unbridled capitalism,” and […]
Shocked, shocked
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Shocked, shocked By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – President Obama canceled a planned summit in Moscow with Russian President Putin, citing Putin’s rejection of administration entreaties to return NSA leaker Edward Snowden to the U.S. to face trial. Obama’s frustration with […]