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11:55 PM ET, September 4, 2013

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McCain opposes Syria strike resolution — Sept. 2, 2013: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, accompanied by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington.AP — Sen. John McCain, President Obama's biggest cheerleader on Capitol Hill for a strike in Syria …

Discussion: Politico, neo-neocon, American Power, The Right Scoop, JustOneMinute, Taylor Marsh, NPR, Gretawire, Washington Free Beacon, American Spectator, Washington Post, National Review, Talking Points Memo, Connecting.the.Dots and rubber hose

Tom Cohen / CNN:

Obama explains ‘red line’ — (CNN) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the world set a red line against chemical weapons use that he now seeks to apply to Syria, while a Senate committee approved a resolution authorizing the U.S. military attack that he is planning.

Discussion: Hot Air, Twitchy, Free Lance-Star, The Volokh Conspiracy, Outside the Beltway, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Yahoo! News, neo-neocon, Liberal Values, Pirate's Cove and Patterico's Pontifications

Talking Points Memo:

GOP Congressman Asks If Syria Strike Is About Distracting From Benghazi, IRS, NSA — Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) — the congressman who yelled “you lie” during President Obama's 2010 State of the Union speech — asked Wednesday if the administration's decision to attack Syria was made to distract from other …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:

GOP Congressman Accuses Obama Of Using Syria To Distract From Benghazi, IRS — Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) used Wednesday's hearing on whether or not the United States will take military action in Syria to ask whether the whole debate was a ruse to cover-up the many “scandals” the Obama administration is facing.

Discussion: ThinkProgress

New York Times:

Split Senate Panel Approves Giving Obama Limited Authority on Syria — WASHINGTON — A sharply divided Senate committee voted Wednesday to give President Obama limited authority to use force against Syria, the first step in what remains a treacherous path for Mr. Obama to win Congressional approval for a military attack.

Discussion: NPR and Outside the Beltway

Boston Herald:
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey votes ‘present’ on key Syria resolution

Discussion: Power Line

Politico:
Senate panel approves Syria measure

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Defense One, Firedoglake and Booman Tribune

Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Senate committee approves Syria war resolution

Discussion: Mondoweiss and The Heritage Foundation

Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Panel Votes To Make Regime Change The Goal Of Syria Mission

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Washington Examiner

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House members drafting Syria resolution

Discussion: Politico and CNN

Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama's request to strike Syria passes first test in Senate

Discussion: Reuters and Lawfare

Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Senate committee approves resolution authorizing U.S. strike on Syria

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Fix, PostPartisan, Post Politics, The Spectacle Blog, The Moderate Voice, Right Turn and News Desk

Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Panel Approves Syria Use Of Force Resolution

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Associated Press: McCain opposes Senate resolution on Syria

Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:

Anthony Weiner Gets Into Explosive Confrontation With Jewish Voter (VIDEO) — New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner got into an explosive confrontation with a man who brought up his sexting scandal on Wednesday while in the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Boro Park, Brooklyn.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, No More Mister Nice Blog, Wonkette, The Other McCain, The Hinterland Gazette, Business Insider, “The Lid”, Hot Air, National Review and Gawker

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

Anthony Weiner Blows Up in Absurd Shouting Match with Jewish Voter — Failed mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner yelled at a Jewish voter in Brooklyn's Borough Park after the voter suggested that Weiner should drop out of the mayoral race. Watch the thoughtful discussion of morality and divine judgement that ensued.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Sean Sullivan / The Fix:

Anthony Weiner hits rock bottom ... or does he? (VIDEO) — Updated at 4:52 p.m.: The Weiner campaign this hour released a longer video which shows the man provoking Weiner, calling him a “scumbag” and adding, “And you're married to an Arab” as Weiner tried to shrug off his remarks.

Discussion: Twitchy, The Daily Caller, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Wonkette, The Week, Weasel Zippers, msnbc.com, Michelle Malkin, PostPartisan, jobsanger and Quinnipiac News + Events

Ross Barkan / Politicker:
Anthony Weiner Explodes at ‘Jackass’ Voter in Brooklyn

Discussion: Politico, Patterico's Pontifications, Red Alert Politics, The Hill and The Raw Story

Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:

Former Boehner Aides, GOP Sources: House Speaker Will Step Down After 2014 Elections — WASHINGTON — Former aides to John Boehner and other high-level GOP operatives are increasingly convinced that the House Speaker will step aside after the 2014 midterm elections, according to interviews with a dozen Republican sources.

Discussion: Hot Air and USA Today

Politico:

Obama's political capital spreads thin — President Barack Obama faced a heavy lift in Congress this fall when his agenda included only budget issues and immigration reform. — Now with Syria in the mix, the president appears ready to spend a lot of the political capital that he would have kept …

Politico:

Epic fall(s) — Grab a chair: Congress is about to get as fascinating and powerful as it gets. — In the next two months, the most unpopular institution in America will decide the fates of a president's power, a military strike, defense contracts, the budget, health-care implementation …

Lisa Desjardins / CNN:
FIRST ON CNN: Boehner turns down request to meet with Russian delegation

Discussion: The Hill

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP wants to have it both ways on Syria

Discussion: PostPartisan, The Week, Red Alert Politics, The Atlantic Online, Right Turn, PoliticusUSA, The Plum Line and National Review

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Rumsfeld refers to Obama as ‘so-called commander-in-chief’ — Former Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday endorsed the Obama administration's case for a military strike against Syria. — “My view is that we've had over 100,000 people dead in Syria over the last year or two,” Rumsfeld told Fox and Friends.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, American Prospect and The Raw Story

Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Obama denies his Syrian ‘red line’ comments

Discussion: Red Alert Politics and Doug Ross

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: 'I Didn't Set a Red Line' on Syria

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Twitchy, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Viking Pundit, Michelle Malkin, Power Line, The PJ Tatler, VodkaPundit, Ed Driscoll, blogs.telegraph.co.uk and The Other McCain

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
The Morning Plum: How White House hopes to get Congress to Yes on Syria

Discussion: CNN, Hot Air, Politico, Daily Kos and Hullabaloo

Sean Longoria / Redding Record Searchlight:

UPDATED: Siskiyou County supervisors vote to pursue seceding from state — YREKA — The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 this afternoon to pursue seceding from California. — More than 100 people packed the supervisors' chambers late this morning for a discussion on whether …

Discussion: Hullabaloo, The Raw Story, Politico and The Impolitic

Sean Longoria / Times-Standard:
Siskiyou supervisors support withdrawal from California

Discussion: Wonkette, PE.com Blogs and ThinkProgress

Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:

Questions of Policy and Leadership Dog Obama Before Meeting in Russia — ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Not even a month ago, President Obama canceled a planned summit meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin, citing Russia's decision to grant asylum to Edward J. Snowden as evidence of a broader deterioration of relations.

Discussion: Power Line

Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Says ‘World Set a Red Line’ on Chemical Arms

Discussion: McClatchy Washington Bureau, Twitchy, JustOneMinute, CNN and msnbc.com

Campus Reform the #1 Source for College News:

Old ‘cheap’ Republicans ‘raped’ America: Video captures award-winning professor's anti-Republican rant — A professor at Michigan State University (MSU) opened the first day of his creative writing class on Thursday by bashing Mitt and Ann Romney and ranting against “old Republicans” …

Discussion: Red Alert Politics, The Other McCain, The Daily Caller, BizPac Review, The Gateway Pundit, The Right Scoop, Popehat and Fox News

Provided / Florida Today:

Titusville slaying suspect claims he stood his ground — Defense team asks for dismissal based on threats from victims — Surveillance footage of Labor Day shooting in Titu...: Surveillance footage from the home of William Woodward on the night he allegedly shot three of his neighbors, killing two, and severely wounding another.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:

McCaul ‘stunned’ at Kerry's estimate of jihadists among Syrian rebels — A top ranking Republican House member says Secretary of State John Kerry is being “disingenuous” in his estimate of the number of jihadists in the Syrian rebels forces. — House Homeland Security Committee chairman Mike McCaul …

Discussion: Politico and CNN

Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:

On the Edge of Poverty, at the Center of a Debate — DYERSBURG, Tenn. — As a self-described “true Southern man” — and reluctant recipient of food stamps — Dustin Rigsby, a struggling mechanic, hunts deer, doves and squirrels to help feed his family. He shops for grocery bargains …

Discussion: USDA ERS and MJ Rosenberg

Tal Kopan / Politico:

Ted Cruz: U.S. not 'Al Qaeda's air force' — Sen. Ted Cruz called President Barack Obama's efforts to authorize military intervention in Syria a public relations move, saying the U.S. military shouldn't be “Al Qaeda's air force.” — The Texas Republican said Tuesday on TheBlaze …

Discussion: The Raw Story, Glenn Beck, Taylor Marsh, Right Turn, Washington Monthly, Atlas Shrugs, The Daily Caller and Twitchy

Michelle R. Smith / Associated Press:

RI Gov. Lincoln Chafee Won't Run for 2nd Term — Gov. Lincoln Chafee is not running for a second term, he said Wednesday in an announcement that surprised his political opponents and closest advisors alike and takes him out of what was expected to be a fierce primary in his new Democratic Party.

Discussion: msnbc.com and The Reaction