WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 China soft power fails in The Philippines By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – American troops are helping to restore security in the storm-ravaged Philippines, and to distribute aid delivered to the island nation by U.S. cargo planes and ships. The aircraft carrier, the USS George Washington, […]

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 The Christie appeal By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – For someone as impatient as is Chris Christie with impertinent questions from the media, or from voters, the next three years could be quite trying. His landslide victory in New Jersey makes him the obvious choice for […]

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Obamacare in trouble By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Former Democratic Party chairman Terry McAuliffe held a comfortable lead in every public poll in Virginia’s gubernatorial race, yet election night turned into a nail-biter with the results much closer than expected. What happened? The race appeared […]

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 America is listening By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift BRUSSELS – Europeans still love us, but they are about as fond of the American government as Americans are. With revelations of U.S. eavesdropping espionage abounding, the Belgians, French, Dutch, and Germans are particularly distressed over the prospect of […]

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Obama PR and polls By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Just weeks after a government shutdown fight took the Republican Party to a record low in popularity, it is President Obama’s turn to be on the receiving end of the public’s wrath. A new NBC/Wall Street […]

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Far from the suffering they caused By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Who really was hurt by the government shutdown? Government employees? Yes, but to a very limited degree because Congress is compensating them for the down time, which means they were the recipients of an […]

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Safe havens By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The current War in Afghanistan, the Soviet War in Afghanistan, the Vietnam War, the French Indochina War, and the Korean War all have a common thread: opposition forces prevailed or survived due to safe havens. Following World War […]

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 World looks askance at American democracy By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Everybody in Washington is congratulating themselves on avoiding financial disaster, and there were a couple days there when things looked like they could get out of hand. But the world saw it one way, […]

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Zealots are not politicians By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – If there has been a weaker House Speaker than Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, his name does not come to mind, and with the exception of rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., they’ve all been men. In any event, […]

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Could the Fed save America By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – President Obama says if the impasse with Congress continues, he will not use the 14th Amendment of the Constitution to raise the debt ceiling on his own. Aside from the legality, which as a constitutional […]