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12:00 PM ET, September 9, 2013

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CNN:
CNN poll: Most Americans don't want Obama to attack Syria  —  Washington (CNN) — As President Barack Obama presses his case for a strike on Syria, a new national survey shows him swimming against a strong tide of public opinion that doesn't want the U.S. to get involved.
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CBS News:
Bashar Assad tells Charlie Rose U.S. should “expect every action” in response to Syria strikes  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  President Bashar Assad warned Sunday that if President Obama decides to launch military strikes on Syria, the U.S. and its allies should “expect every action” in retaliation.
Politico:
The party of hawks turns dovish on Syria  —  Of all the unexpected turns in the Syria debate, one stands out most: The GOP, the party of a muscular national defense, has gone the way of the dove.  —  A decade after leading the country into Iraq and Afghanistan, Republicans have little appetite …
George C. Edwards III / Politico:
Why President Obama's Syria speech won't matter  —  Let's get one thing clear: President Barack Obama's upcoming media blitz, to include interviews on six television networks and a primetime Oval Office address, is not going to rally the public behind U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria.
Politico:
The party of hawks turns dovish on Syria  —  Ever since Dwight Eisenhower was in the Oval Office, the Republican Party has been known for its internationalist approach to foreign affairs.  After Democrats became disillusioned and dovish following the quagmire in Vietnam …
Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
RUSSIA TO PUSH SYRIA TO SURRENDER CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Discussion: The Hill, ABC News and Hot Air
CNN:
5 takeaways from CNN's Syria poll
Discussion: Politico and Washington Times
CBS News:
Assad: U.S. does not have “a single shred of evidence” of chemical weapons attack
Discussion: Washington Times and Hot Air
Bryan Koenig / CNN:
Combative Weiner still says he can win  —  (CNN) - The day before New York City's mayoral primary, embattled Democratic candidate Anthony Weiner still thinks he has a good chance of winning, maintaining that voters are far more interested in his policies than his personal history.
Discussion: Politico
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
de Blasio on verge of avoiding runoff
Discussion: The Plum Line and Politicker
ABC News:
NYC Mayoral Poll: De Blasio Leads With 39 Percent
Discussion: Politico
Michael Howard Saul / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Shows de Blasio Surge in New York City's Mayoral Primary
Discussion: Politico and The Fix
Maggie Haberman / Reuters:
Hillary Clinton to speak on Syria  —  Hillary Clinton will make her first public remarks about Syria on Monday when she makes a visit to the White House for an unrelated event, a Clinton aide told POLITICO.  —  The comments, the first since an unidentified aide said last week that the former Secretary …
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John Fund / National Review:
How Not to Win Over Congress
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and BizzyBlog
Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
Obama launches final push to win congressional support for a strike on Syria
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Wonk Gap  —  On Saturday, Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming delivered the weekly Republican address.  He ignored Syria, presumably because his party is deeply conflicted on the issue.  (For the record, so am I.)  Instead, he demanded repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
Discussion: Pharyngula
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren assails Supreme Court as too far right  —  LOS ANGELES - Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka denounced the United States Supreme Court on Sunday as a right-wing panel that serves the interests of corporate America, previewing a theme …
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Strike to degrade Syrian forces would still be limited  —  The attack would involve launches of missiles solely from ships, according to the two senior officers familiar with the planning.  —  CONNECT  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's choice of the term “degrade” …
Bill Keller / New York Times:
Our New Isolationism  —  THE United States has just spent thousands of American lives in a distant land for a victory that now seems hollow, if indeed it can be called a victory at all.  Our own country, moreover, is emerging from a recession, dispirited and self-absorbed …
Discussion: The Glittering Eye and Hit & Run
Norman Podhoretz / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Successful Foreign Failure  —  The president may look incompetent on Syria.  But his behavior fits his strategy to weaken America abroad.  —  It is entirely understandable that Barack Obama's way of dealing with Syria in recent weeks should have elicited responses ranging from puzzlement to disgust.
Discussion: WyBlog
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
THE PRESIDENT AND THE PIPELINE  —  On the day of his second Inauguration, in January, Barack Obama delivered an address of unabashed liberal ambition and promise.  As recently as early April, before the realities of the world and the House of Representatives made themselves painfully evident …
Shawn Boburg / NorthJersey.com:
Port Authority sold rights to World Trade Center name for $10 in 1986  —  For more than four decades, the World Trade Center — whether standing majestically over lower Manhattan, lying in the ruins of a terrorist attack, or awaiting resurrection in a new form — has been one of the world's greatest public landmarks.
Discussion: Gothamist, ABC News and NEWS 9
 
 
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