.@GlennThrush Not really. Dems in House & Senate made the call. Obama simply accepted the reality he was going to lose the vote.
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@mattklewis@ron_fournier@TomBevanRCP All I'm saying is, if you're going to attack O as weak on Syria, it's relevant that Rs opposed interv -
@ThePlumLineGS@ron_fournier@TomBevanRCP I opposed Syrian intervention, but I didn't draw a red line -- or paint it as a moral imperative. -
@mattklewis@ron_fournier@TomBevanRCP Is the fact that Rs opposed intervention at all relevant in debate over whether O was weak on Syria? -
@ThePlumLineGS@ron_fournier@TomBevanRCP Choosing not to intervene doesn't imply weakness. But wavering & vacillating sends other signals. -
@mattklewis@ron_fournier@TomBevanRCP We can keep two ideas in heads: 1) "red line" comment was mistake; 2) going to Cong right thing to do -
@mattklewis@ron_fournier@TomBevanRCP Peter Baker's piece does a nice job in pointing out inconsistencies of Rs on this stuff. -
@ThePlumLineGS@ron_fournier@TomBevanRCP I'll concede Republicans are inconsistent. But he's the president. And he looks very weak. -
@mattklewis@ron_fournier@TomBevanRCP that may be, but what matters most is the policy - 5 more replies
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