"He has a store up and running, a campaign store. And you can buy 'Stand with Rand' flip-flops. It's a bold politician who sells flip-flops." - George Will, about Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., newest candidate for president.

The complexity of the tax code is costing the U.S. economy $233.8 billion in "lost productivity", according to the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. Taxpayers filing their own forms amounts to 6.1 billion hours of activity, valued at $202.1 billion. Add to that $31.7 billion for professional preparers and software to comply with a "complex and invasive tax code."

A widespread power outage swept Washington as State Department spokesperson Marie Harf was giving a briefing to reporters. Well, it wasn't the first time she was in the dark about President Obama's foreign policy.