Everyone that looks at this objectively without bias knows his reputation would have been wrecked if the vote ever went to the House as I type this according to Think Progress whip count that has documented links of statements by members of the house has No or Leaning No at 238 and Yes or Leaning Yes at 42 and Undecided at 153. The authorization for a strike in Syria would have gone down in history as a fail of epic proportions, there is no denying that. After the authorization the only other move if the President wanted to move forward with the strikes is to do it in spite of the vote and public opinion which would have brought about a constitutional crisis. I know people are happy that there looks to be a diplomatic solution out of this mess and they should be hopeful, but lets keep it real, the President was fighting a losing battle here, and the Russians did him a favor.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/09/02/2561371/congress-support-military-action-syria-thinkprogress-whip-count/
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