On Al Sharpton's MSNBC show today, former DNC Chairman Ed Rendell dared congressional Republicans to recall Hillary Clinton to testify about Benghazi. Calling Clinton a "tough cookie," Rendell vowed that "Hillary will put them in short pants."

Paging Camille Paglia . . . Rendell surely thought he was paying Hillary a compliment.  But is this really the Hillary persona that Dems want to project: that of a woman who makes little boys out of grown men? 

What happened to the kindly Grandma Hillary shtick?

ED RENDELL: They can't win on anything else, so they're trying to saber-rattle and scare the American people, and hopefully win on foreign policy. But they don't understand that Hillary Clinton is a tough cookie.  If they want to bring her back and have her testify on Benghazi, I welcome them to it. Hillary will put them in short pants.