SO WHAT’S THIS, PIVOT NUMBER 18? Obama signals shift back to economic focus. “The White House is signaling it wants to shift back to the economy after two weeks in which the Syrian crisis has dominated President Obama’s schedule and workload. Obama will be ‘focusing’ on issues related to the economy in the coming weeks, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday at his daily briefing.”

Two thoughts: (1) So nothing about Syria is solved, he just wants to shift focus because Putin has been eathing his lunch; and (2) He can focus, but he can’t focus “like a laser beam” because laser beams are coherent.