Major Garrett

Pro-reform groups had given up on the president—so his announcement of executive action last week came as a surprise to them.

The deal Putin has offered plays off of Obama's nonproliferation interests and keeps Assad in power.  

“If I were picking, I’d pick Pawlenty,” David Axelrod told National Journal. “You shouldn’t write that, because everybody will think I’m trying to bait [Romney] into picking Pawlenty.”