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 […]
America’s piggy bank
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 […]
GOP fears their Tea Party Republicans
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 […]
Sequestering the sequestors
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 […]
Too much tea for the GOP
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 […]
Angry Chameleon McCain
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 […]
Immigration reform becoming nonpartisan
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 […]
Women in combat
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 […]
Benghazi one of many dangerous posts
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 […]
Veto the redundant debt ceiling bill
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 […]