WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Connecting the Sequester dots By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – If you listen to the Democrats, the impact of the looming sequester will be dire, damaging military readiness, costing tens of thousands of people their jobs, and denying preschoolers access to […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Internet war spies By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – In the midst of all this worry about cutting defense spending, President Obama signed an executive order to boost U.S. defenses against cyber hacking. It didn’t cost a penny, at least not […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Sequestration poker By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – President Obama spent much of Wednesday afternoon in interviews with local TV anchors from states where the defense industry is a major player, and where the economy will suffer if the planned sequester […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 America’s piggy bank By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – America has a piggy bank it no longer needs, a piggy bank with sufficient resources to pay for the current fiscal year’s sequestration, albeit a resource unlikely to be used because friends […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 GOP fears their Tea Party Republicans By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Florida’s Republican Senator Marco Rubio’s lunge for water got more attention than anything he said, and that was understandable since he didn’t say much of note. He characterized President […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Sequestering the sequestors By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Unless one or the other side has a change of heart, the much talked about budget-cutting device of sequestration will kick in on March 1st. It would be far preferable if the […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Too much tea for the GOP By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – As the second in command of House Republicans, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., has a tough job. The Tea Party wing of the party looks to him as their […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Angry Chameleon McCain By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Watching Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., in his recent public appearances, whether it’s grilling President Obama’s nominee to head the Defense Department, or making the case for immigration reform as a matter of […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Immigration reform becoming nonpartisan By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – If ever there was a clear example of the axiom that elections have consequences, it is the GOP’s turnaround on immigration reform. Leading the charge is Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., who […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Women in combat By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – In the early 1970’s, before women were allowed to attend West Point, some of the more forward-thinking cadets noticed that among the celebrated generals pictured in a huge mural at one end […]