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 […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Benghazi one of many dangerous posts By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – After being out of the public eye for several weeks due to health reasons, a fully recovered Hillary Clinton turned in a bravura performance before two congressional committees on […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Veto the redundant debt ceiling bill By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – At the behest of the Republican majority, the House of Representatives has passed a bill authorizing the U.S. Treasury to borrow without limit the funds necessary to pay for […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Commentary or entertainment By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Beware the pundits. Whether the television talking heads are talking about politics or economics, the scenario is the same. They are first and foremost in the entertainment business, which is why their […]