Just enjoying the holidays and had a "what if" moment...what if a new version of The Wizard of Oz could be filmed using only cast members from politics in Washington, D.C.  My thoughts:

Dorothy - Hillary Clinton...concern here would be when she has to click the heels of the ruby slippers 3 times and say "there's no place like home"...where would that really be?

Scarecrow - John Boehner...no brains and always using a "straw man" to cut his deals

Tin Man - Harry Reid...old, rusty, and heartless plus 'ole Harry would look cute blowing smoke out of his funnel cap

Cowardly Lion - Barrack Obama...should be the "King of the Forest", but would rather be an ostrich and bury his head in the sand

Toto - Marco Rubio - rubber stamp lapdog for the time being

Wicked Witch of the West - Nancy Pelosi....'nuff said

Professor Marvel - Mitch McConnell - just a phoney old fortune teller

Good Witch of the North -  "good"...morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; honorable or worthy....? no one fits this profile ?

The Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz - "wizard"...a person of amazing skill or accomplishment...again, not one individual fits casting criteria

Mayor of Munchkinland - Barney Frank - retiring from Washington and can now reform Munchkinland with the Dodd-Frank Bill

Probably doesn't have a chance of making it to the big screen, as we all are going over "the cliff" on Monday anyway, but as the well-known idiom in theater goes..."break a leg"     Happy New Year to all!!