MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL Mr. Smith went to Washington and Mr. Jones (^DJI) liked what he heard. The Dow rose for a second straight session after FedEx (FDX) head Fred Smith expressed “cautious optimism” that our fiscal cliff crisis can be resolved. Apple (AAPL) snapped back from a slump 24 hours earlier as Tim Cook gave his first television interview since Steve Jobs succumbed to pancreatic cancer. A fund raiser for pancreatic cancer preposterously attracted protesting unions at Cablevision (CVC) even as its stock rose 2.61% on an upbeat analyst assessment.   A similarly bullish research recommendation sent Starbucks (SBUX) surging 5.73% to a fresh five-month high. The coffee company may finally ...