memeorandum: Obama on Syria criticism: Washington grades on style, not substance (Ashley Killough/CNN)

Devin Dwyer / ABC News:

Obama Rejects Criticism of Shifting Syria Policy: 'I'm Less Concerned About Style Points' — WASHINGTON — President Obama says a tumultuous month as commander in chief, when his policy toward Syria took a number of unexpected turns, may not have looked “smooth and disciplined and linear,” but it's working.

Discussion: msnbc.com, Weasel Zippers, ABC News and Israel Matzav

Devin Dwyer / ABC News:

Obama Calls GOP Debt Ceiling Demands an Assault on US ‘Constitutional Structure’ — WASHINGTON — On the eve of another fiscal showdown with congressional Republicans, President Obama is outright refusing to negotiate over an increase to the nation's debt limit, saying doing so would alter …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Yahoo! News

Margaret Wente / Globe and Mail:

Barack Obama, the 98-pound weakling — So, let me get this straight. Some red lines cannot be crossed, and gassing Syrian children is one of them. That's what Barack Obama told us Tuesday evening. “The images from this massacre are sickening,” he said.

Discussion: Power Line

Ashley Killough / CNN:

Obama on Syria criticism: Washington grades on style, not substance — Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama has responded to critics who disagree with his handling of the situation in Syria, saying he's more concerned about the end goal - no chemical weapons in Syria - than about “style points.”

Discussion: Politico, Booman Tribune and Associated Press

Pamela Falk / CBS News:

Syrian chemical weapons agreement bound for United Nations Security Council — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — The U.S. and Russia shook hands on a groundbreaking framework agreement Saturday to identify Syria's chemical weapons, place them under control of the Chemical Weapons Convention and its compliance body …

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Crooks and Liars

Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Russia deal opens door to end Syrian civil war, says Rep. Cummings

Discussion: CNN and Politico

David Rose / Daily Mail:

Global warming is just HALF what we said: World's top climate scientists admit computers got the effects of greenhouse gases wrong — A leaked copy of the world's most authoritative climate study reveals scientific forecasts of imminent doom were drastically wrong.

Discussion: Power Line, Wall Street Journal and Watts Up With That?

Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:

Angry House Republicans want better communication from leaders — Republican lawmakers are growing increasingly frustrated with what they say is a lack of communication from their leaders. — Both centrist and conservative members in the House believe that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) …

Salon:
Mann and Ornstein: “Brighter future for politics and policy requires a different Republican Party”

Discussion: Brad DeLong and The Mahablog

Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:

Big U.S. banks keeping door open to another financial crisis — Big banks have watered down rules aimed at keeping them from fobbing bad loans off on investors and ensured loopholes in transparency rules. ‘Fundamentally not that much has changed,’ an analyst says.

Discussion: Hot Air

Richard Dawkins / New York Times:

By the Book — What's the best book you've read so far this year? — I've been reading autobiographies to get me in the mood for writing my own and show me how it's done: Tolstoy (at one time my own memoir was to have been called, at my wife's suggestion, “Childhood, Boyhood, Truth"); …

Discussion: Steve Sailer and Althouse

ABC News:

Full Transcript: President Obama Speaks Exclusively to George Stephanopoulos on ‘This Week’ — Alexander Vilf/Host Photo Agency via Getty Images … GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: — Mr. President, thank you for doing this. — PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: — Great to see you. — GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS:

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Guardian

New York Times:

Wall St. Exploits Ethanol Credits, and Prices Spike — It was supposed to help clean the air, reduce dependence on foreign oil and bolster agriculture. But a little known market in ethanol credits has also become a hot new game on Wall Street. — The federal government created the market …

Discussion: JustOneMinute and E2-Wire

Jeremy W. Peters / The Caucus:

3 Democrats Say They Will Oppose Summers for Fed — Lawrence H. Summers' prospects to become chairman of the Federal Reserve have turned murkier after three key Democratic senators signaled in recent days that they would oppose his nomination. — Senator Jon Tester, Democrat of Montana …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Prairie Weather