First Reactions to Obama's Call For Congressional Vote

++The National Security Council advised President Obama not to ask for a vote. The White House said after the speech that Obama may go it alone even if the Congress votes against a resolution. This was a reply to the sole unanswered question yelled at the President after his statement.

++New York Republican Peter King said that President Obama abdicated his responsibility by asking for a vote. 

++John McCain and Lindsey Graham issued a joint statement that they would vote against a resolution unless President Obama made a larger military commitment and included regime change in his agenda. 

++Senator Mitch McConnell said that the Presidency would only be strengthened by President Obama request for a vote.

++David Koch said the United States must avoid Syria because it would be drag into a mess.

++Former UN Ambassador John Bolton said President Obama made a mistake and should have gone ahead anyway.

++NewsMax crows that President Obama caved to Republican demands for a vote.

++Rand Paul is against any intervention in Syria because Christians might be killed.

++Sarah Palin jokingly said, "Let Allah sort it out."

++Senator Inhof is against the operation until such time that Obama can explain how he is going to pay for it and the broader policy toward the Middle East.

++Steven Cook at the Council of Foreign Relations writes in the Post that he is now against intervention because it would likely destroy what remains of the country.

++Ezra Klein in the Post's Wonkblog writes how the bombing could kill more civilians than save and trigger another humanitarian disaster.

++Samuel Knight wrote a lengthy post for Washington Monthly on the disgusting horse trading that will begin. He says President Obama lacks all credibility,that his arguments were unbelievable. He cites why this is not an answer to the humanitarian disaster and since Syria has been at war for two years that there is no urgency. He points to Kurdish children being decapitated by The Nursra Front and that didn't provoke any intervention. He also wishes people would consult the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an independent human rights group, that the plurality of killings have been done to the opposition. 

++Josh Rogin reports that the Syrian opposition is still waiting for weapons and it was frustrated by the announcement, which would delay further actions until a vote. 

++Leftwing blogs joke about Boehner making defending Obamacare as a condition for the vote or Eric Cantor wanting a restoration of the Bush tax cuts.