Heartache: Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post Breaks Up With Current Administration

"I have not encountered a single person outside the White House in the last few weeks, Republican or Democrat, who has kind words for Obama's performance. Scornful may not be too strong a word for the consensus view, though it is scorned leavened, at least among the more thoughtful critics, with appreciation for the no-good-options reality of Syria."

Ouch.