More on Clinton's remarkable performance

1.  Comments from Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos blog on Hillary Clinton's remarkable eleven-hour marathon against Republican stupidity and mendacity.

"Fox News cut out hours early. That pretty much sums up who won."
  
"The GOP just did more to unify the party base around Clinton and intensify her support than she could've ever managed to do on her own."

"Her restraint was unreal. Unflappable. Sober. It was a marathon designed to break her, but it was the Republicans on the committee who broke first, spittle flying in the final hours."

"The GOP's stupidity in all of this is epic. They should've cancelled the hearings after last week's debates, as it was clear she was on her 'A' game."

2.  Thanks to Andrew Breibant for pointing this out:  "In all, Clinton has spent almost 14 hours being publicly questioned about Benghazi. After a horrific terrorist attack occurred on September 11, 2001, during George W. Bush’s presidency, he spent one hour testifying to the 9/11 commission. That hour of testimony took place in private, and without even the full committee in attendance. 

3.  House Speaker John Boehner announced the appointments of eight Republicans to a Select Investigative Panel  to "focus on the grisly practices of big abortion providers. . . . At my request, three House committees have been investigating the abortion business, but we still don’t have the full truth. Chairman [Marsha] Blackburn and our members will have the resources and the subpoena power to get to the bottom of these horrific practices, and build on our work to protect the sanctity of all human life.”

Of course, this means more grilling of Planned Parenthood and its Cecile Richards.   Does this sound like another "Benghazi experience"?    Should we tell them that this will go the way of Clinton hearings and only make Republicans look even more ridiculous?   Or should we just let them fumble their way to utter ridicule?

Perhaps when Paul Ryan replaces Boehner as House Speaker, he will exercise more common sense and overrule these hearings.     Or . . . perhaps this is John Boehner's parting shot to get back at his colleagues who made life so miserable for him and then hounded him out of office. 

Ralph