Is this an excess of thoughtfullness? Or did someone slip him a poll showing that 80% of Americans wanted him to get congressional authorization? President Obama was apparently ready to bomb Syria within days and without congressional approval until he started to have "second thoughts" on Friday evening. President Barack Obama was ready to order a military strike against Syria, with or without Congress' blessing. But on Friday night, he suddenly changed his mind. Senior administration officials describing Obama's about-face Saturday offered a portrait of a president who began to wrestle with his own decision - at first internally, then confiding his views to his chief of staff, and finally summoning his aides for an evening session in the Oval Office to say he'd had a change of heart. The ensuing flurry of activity culminated Saturday afternoon in the White House Rose Garden when Obama stood under a sweltering sun, his vice president at his side, and told the American public...(Read Full Post)