UK Guardian: "President Obama will not be able to rely on House Republicans

[pampango]

to pass his resolution authorizing military force against Syria.

Usually hawkish Republicans questioned Obama’s Syria strategy and the GOP’s rising isolationist wing suggested that no amount of cajoling would persuade them to authorize another Middle Eastern military intervention. Nevertheless, Republican sources said the resolution might still pass, possibly with significant GOP support, but only if Obama invests political capital on his side of the aisle and sways House Democrats.

“Republicans will expect the president to round up a lot of Democratic votes and show that he’s committed to his own request,” said a GOP operative with relationships in Congress.

But Representative Devin Nunes, a California Republican who has served on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for the past three years, told the Examiner it was a lost cause for the president: “I may be wrong, but I don’t think the votes are even close.”

It is looking very unlikely that this will pass in the House. Either Obama has miscalculated or he thinks getting congressional approval is an important precedent, and understands the political risks, or given a continuing reluctance for military intervention has found a way around his "red line" comment - let congress say "You can't do this."

[Thinkingabout]

1. Wow, the guardian strikes again, more check out line rag information.

[Mojorabbit]

2. Kill the messenger! It really gets old. Why not discuss article on it's merits? nt

[rug]

3. Pull the plug.

[tritsofme]

4. I doubt more than 75 House Republicans defect.

With robust support from House Democrats, I still see the resolution approaching 300 votes in the end.