CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I don't think it is a sudden embrace of the separation of powers or a renewed interest in constitutional action in which he brings in the Congress. On domestic issues, he hasn't shown any interest in that, and all of a sudden he develops religion on the eve of the supposed strike. The reason is, he was alone and naked in the wo

BILL O'REILLY: I think you've got to take emotion out of the equation. I see a lot of that emotion. I mean, Barbara Boxer, for example, would never support an action against Syria if Mitt Romney were president. Never in a million years. The only reason she is doing it is to help Obama. On the other side, you have Republicans -- Ronald Reagan, i

REP. JOE WILSON (R-SC): With the president’s redline, why was there no call for military response in April? Was it delayed to divert attention today from the Benghazi, IRS, NSA scandals, the failure of Obamacare enforcement, the tragedy of the White House-drafted sequestration or the upcoming debt limit vote? Again, why was there no call for a mi

Dennis Miller weighs in on the chaos in Syria and President Obama's handling of the situation so far. Miller also has some things on Vladimir Putin and Tim Tebow's possible future plans.

NEIL CAVUTO: This Syrian aggression must not stand. Maybe it can stand. Chemical weapons crosses a red line. But apparently a very long red line. I don't need congressional approval for Syria. Maybe I do need congressional approval for Syria. Congress won't act, so I will on the domestic issues that matter to me. Congress is on

STEVE HAYES: That more than anything is why the president doesn't have support in the international community and why he is lacking support, and I don't think will get support in Congress. Nobody has any idea what he wants to do. He looked at this for the past two years, it's been ad hoc decision making at every turn. Even now, you put his top advi

CHRIS MATTHEWS: I'm thinking about the situation you know well, better than I do, the corralling, the final vote in the House. Let's go all the way down to the final stretch here, the corralling and the vote, where you've got Boehner trying to corral enough votes that he can at least dribble out a few of them, and Pelosi stuck with the challenge of

STEVE HAYES, WEEKLY STANDARD: It is good for people who believe that the language in the Senate resolution really matters. I don't believe that it really matters. We have the president of the United States in the concerted, coordinated leaks out of the administration last Tuesday, they made basically two points: They would not be targeting regime e

"You should go check the intel on it, I think you'll be convinced, but I'd say probably 100 percent," Secretary of State Kerry said.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: First of all, I didn't set a red line. The world set a red line. The world set a red line when governments representing 98 percent of the world's population said the use of chemical weapons are [inaudble] and passed a treaty forbidding their use, even when countries are engaged in war. Congress set a red line when it ratifi

Answering a question about regional support for American intervention in Syria from Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), Secretary of State John Kerry said that “Arab countries" have offered to pay for an American invasion of Syria, "the way we have done it previously in other places." SECRETARY KERRY: With respect to Arab countries

REP. STEVE CABOT (R-OHIO): I don't always agree with Mr. Friedman. In fact I seldom do, but I tend to agree with his assessment of the Syrian situation today in which he says that rather than firing some missiles into Syria, a more effective measure would be arming and assisting the more moderate rebel groups in Syria. My only concern is Mr. Smith

STEVE HOLLAND, REUTERS: Have you made up your mind whether to take action against Syria whether or not you have a congressional resolution approved? Is a strike needed in order to preserve your credibility for when you set these sort of red lines? And were you able to enlist the support of the prime minister here for support in Syria? PRESIDENT

Anthony Weiner gets in a fiery exchange with voter during a campaign stop in Borough Park on Wednesday, September 4, 2013. Voter: You've done disgusting things and then have the nerve to even walk around in public ... Weiner: You're a perfect person? You're my judge? What Rabbi taught you that? Voter: I didn’t do what you did. W

ANDREA MITCHELL: You know, support does not exist for this. They have to build it, you're right; the President has to speak. I think that they have to also get past the bungling last week. The fact that the President was so ambivalent but didn't even communicate that to his secretary of state and to his vice president. The vice president gave a pas

PRESIDENT OBAMA: We may not be directly imminently threatened by what's taking place in a Kosovo, or Syria, or Rwanda in the short-term. But our long-term national security will be impacted in a profound way and our humanity is impacted in a profound way. And so I think it's important for us to get out of the habit in those circumstances.

Jon Stewart gives his take on why the U.S. is headed for war with Syria: Bashar al-Assad has crossed the line of what the American government feels is the appropriate way to kill people, old-fashioned "locally-sourced free-range lead ordinance."

Citizens United: On August 20, 2012, Obama made clear where the red line was for the United States on Syria. On September 4, 2013, he tries to change his position. Leadership?

ERIN BURNETT, CNN: You looked a little skeptical there. How do you feel now? Did Secretary Kerry win you over at all? SEN. RAND PAUL: Well, he sounds like he must be a clairvoyant because he can predict the future now and we should ask him for stock picks, who name it, who will win the Kentucky derby next year if he can guarantee the future. No

O'REILLY: Great Britain may not have the will to do it anymore, but we Americans should set a better example for the world. If we don't, we will slowly lose the nobility that was gained by past sacrifice. Unfortunately, in this world, justice can be imposed by one people only -- us. To whom much is given, much is expected.

Jonah Goldberg, A.B. Stoddard, and Charles Krauthammer discuss the unknown unknowns of the buildup to a military strike on Syria.

MSNBC: Some on the right blew up after the White House released a photo showing President Obama putting his foot on the desk in the oval office. Goldie Taylor and Dana Milbank join to discuss this latest round of conservative anger.