Dan Calabrese

Democrats so panicky over Hillary, they're ready for this

Here's what's clear and undeniable: Any notion of Biden 2016 is all about the Democrats' growing sense of panic as they realize what was obvious to some of us a long time ago - that Hillary Clinton is a horrible candidate. Biden has been around politics long enough to know that you don't just start thinking about running for president 15 months before the general election. The guy has no organization and no money raised. If Biden had an active ambition to become president, he would have been laying the ground work at the start of Obama's second term.

Kerry raises flag at new U.S. embassy in Cuba

When Donald Trump says Obama and Kerry are terrible negotiators, you think this might be what he’s talking about?

State Dept. official: Looks like someone in Hillary's inner circle stripped classifications from e-mails

Uh oh: Fiorina doesn't want to deal with entitlements until the government can 'get its house in order'

Based on everything we've seen so far, I remain a Carly Fiorina fan. But in the annals of nonsensical answers to basic policy questions, it's hard to top this one on entitlement reform. Tell me again, Carly, why you don't want to deal with it now?

Kentucky tells prison chaplains: Sign pledge to never say homosexuality is a sin, or you're out

I know what some of you are going to argue. The Commonwealth of Kentucky is not telling preachers they can't preach 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. They can do that in their churches all they want, no problem. But if they want to work in the prisons on behalf of the commonwealth, they have to agree not to go there. It's not about the right to freedom of religion. It's about your right to a gig with the commonwealth.

Hillary relents, will turn over homebrew e-mail server to DOJ

Most people involved with a criminal investigation would have little choice but to simply turn over information requested by the Justice Department. It's not like you could drag your feet, make counterdemands, claim publicly to have cooperated when in fact you had done no such thing . . . who do you think you are? A Clinton?

White House suggests welching on promise not to bring Gitmo detainees to Illinois prison

One of the worst promises Barack Obama ever made - and that's saying something - continues to vex him and his administration because of the political and logistical nightmares involved with carrying it out. Thank God for small favors. So despite an executive order he signed on the first day of his presidency, the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay remains in operation, and the administration continues to stumble in its pursuit of a way to close it down.

McConnell: We can't de-fund Planned Parenthood without a shutdown, and that would look bad

I'm getting really tired of this "second kick of a mule" nonsense from Mitch McConnell, but even more so, I'm getting really tired of the way this guy views his priorities as Majority Leader in the United States Senate. The media's narrative is that every time Republicans and President Obama disagree on a budget priority, Republicans are "trying to shut down the government".

Top Hillary aide Cheryl Mills: I've been told to destroy my e-mails

Now this can't be, can it? A Clinton aide blatantly destroying evidence in a criminal investigation? That would never happen.

And after the early debate, Carly Fiorina destroyed Chris Matthews too

The only thing I want to talk about this morning is Carly Fiorina, because nothing else happened in either debate yesterday that in any way helps to crystalize our choice in the presidential race. It doesn't matter that Donald Trump was funny or feisty. It doesn't matter that Rand Paul and Chris Christie yelled at each other. And even when the candidates got substantive points in, it really didn't matter because it's nothing they haven't said before. The way they handled the gotcha questions sure doesn't matter.

Senate report: Lois Lerner wanted to target Bristol Palin

A new Senate report is filled with details from Lois Lerner's e-mails - and we haven't even really gotten to the ones that were claimed lost but have now been found. Apparently she ran quite the dysfunctional operation, and she had a penchant for seeking a lot of feedback from her underlings about whether a particular political target should be put in the crosshairs.

Has Lexus really done it? Looks like we've got a hoverboard, folks!

I'm guessing about half of you are firing up your keyboards and getting ready to type replies that consist solely of "FAKE!!!!!!" because that's the instinctive reaction whenever a video comes out purporting to show something like this.

VIDEO: Mike Lee lays the smack to Planned Parenthood and its desperate protectors

Hat tip here to Guy Benson at Hot Air, who noticed this from a Monday post, and recognized as I do here that it's just too good not to share even if it is a few days old.

Kerry: Congress rejecting Iran deal would be the 'ultimate screwing' . . . of the Ayatollah

Let's play a game. You are talking to someone and you want them to agree to something. You promise you can deliver the something, even though you know you can't really deliver it without the cooperation of another party whose support you can't guarantee. Doesn't matter. You promise anyway.

FoodSafety.gov implores Ted Cruz and you: The end of a machine gun isn't a safe place to cook bacon

Rob found the Ted Cruz machine gun bacon video funny enough, although he's concerned that Cruz is trying a little too hard to come off as a fun guy at the expense of talking issues. I concur, especially after Cruz's stock rose considerably in my eyes with his broadside against lying liar Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor the week before last.

Planned Parenthood Video 5: Who's up for selling 'intact cadavers'?

I seriously hope you're not losing your capacity to be shocked or outraged by what's going on in these Planned Parenthood videos. I understand some might find it frustrating that the Center for Medical Progress is drip-dripping the information in a series of 12 videos. But I can also see the strategy behind that: Every time Planned Parenthood and its defenders insist this or that is doctored, fraudulent, impossible, etc., out comes another video proving the opposite.

Filibuster kills Planned Parenthood de-funding bill, but here's a question

You've heard by now that Democrats held together in a filibuster against the Senate bill that would have defunded Planned Parenthood. Only two Democrats - Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Joe Donnelly of Indiana - voted for cloture. Only two Republicans voted against it, and Illinois's Mark Kirk was the only one who was really in opposition. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, as much as we are not a fan of his, did so only for procedural purposes so he would have the right to bring it up again in the future.

Tom Cotton: Without releasing Iran side deal documents, Obama is in violation of the law he just signed

Rob told you earlier that the Obama Administration admits what everyone could plainly see about why the Iran nuclear deal wasn't treated as a treaty. Because the Constitution requires treaties to be ratified by the Senate, and Obama and Kerry know there's no chance of that happening with this turkey.

Liberal Seattle CEO who instituted minimum salary of $70,000 finds that doesn't work so well

In a way, I have to admit, I have some sympathy for Dan Price and his quixotic quest to battle "income inequality" by instituting a minimum salary of $70,000 for all employees of his company. Not for the cause itself, which is merely the latest trend in left-wing economic illiteracy, but I too once ran a business in which I thought I could do amazing things by paying people way more than their experience levels or qualifications would earn them anywhere else.

2Q GDP is a sad 2.3 percent; media think that's good

Aren't you excited? USA Today reports "Economy bounces back". Business Insider proclaims "America is growing again". Even Forbes says "Economic growth picks up".