MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL Stocks dropped due in no small measure to the White House and Whitehouse Station with fiscal cliff talks at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue going nowhere at Merck (MRK) dropping 1.96% to pace all Dow (^DJI) decliners. The men in white coats at CVS Caremark (CVS) who once erroneously dispensed cancer drugs to kids saw that stock surge 2.02% to the highest level in its history.   Meanwhile Prozac maker Eli Lilly (LLY) which epitomizes our “for every ill there’s a pill” popping culture — a predilection that extends even to pets — continued its recent slump ending off 1.57% in spite of an analyst upgrade.   Today’s earnings announcements are expected ...