When you have the worst disaster in American history, you've got to be attuned to expectations,. Charles Krauthammer More Quotes by Charles Krauthammer More Quotes From Charles Krauthammer The 2014 election has given the GOP the rare opportunity to retroactively redeem its brand. The conventional perception, incessantly repeated by Democrats and the media, is that Washington dysfunction is the work of the Party of No. Expose the real agent of do-nothing. Show that, when Harry Reid can no longer consign House-passed legislation to oblivion, Congress can actually work. Charles Krauthammer party real opportunity The international community lies at the center of the Obama foreign policy. Unfortunately, it is a fiction. There is no such thing. Different countries have different histories, geographies, necessities, and interests. There's no natural, inherent, or enduring international community. Charles Krauthammer community country lying This week, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels seized control of the Yemeni government, heretofore pro-American. In September, they overran Sanaa, the capital. On Tuesday, they seized the presidential palace. On Thursday, they forced the president to resign. Charles Krauthammer presidential government tuesday Guerrilla war is a test of wills. Obama's actual objectives - rollback in Iraq, containment in Syria - are not unreasonable. But they require commitment and determination. In other words, will. You can't just make one speech declaring war, then disappear and go fundraising. Charles Krauthammer determination war commitment Ted Cruz is not the official spokesman for American conservatism. If you want somebody who has been out there, who has offered an alternative - the person who offered an alternative, for example, is... Paul Ryan. Charles Krauthammer alternatives example want There used to be a cruel joke that said Brazil is the country of the future, and always will be; Obama is the Brazil of today's politicians. He has obviously achieved nothing. Charles Krauthammer brazil today country In science, modesty and genius do not coexist well together. (In Washington, modesty and cleverness don't.) Einstein is perhaps the most famous exception to the rule. Charles Krauthammer exception-to-the-rule genius together Courage is not a quality one normally associates with mathematicians. Yet it should apply to people who work in their attics in secret for seven years without cease on a problem that has eluded the greatest mathematical minds since first proposed in 1637. Charles Krauthammer mind people years The Democratic line is that the Republican House does nothing but block and oppose. In fact, it has passed hundreds of bills only to have them die upon reaching the desk of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He has rendered the Senate inert by simply ensuring that any bill that might present a politically difficult vote for his Democratic colleagues never even comes to the floor. Charles Krauthammer majority-leader block house Look, I don't mind if the President sends a budget which he knows is not going to achieve anything. But when he prefaces his remarks as we just saw by saying we have to put politics aside, posing again as the one person in the country who rises above partisanship and party, speaks for the national interest, it's really grating. Charles Krauthammer party mind country I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing Saddam Hussein to acquire his weapons will only grow with time. Charles Krauthammer risk believe school An oil crisis looms, prices are spiking - and our president is extolling algae. After Solyndra, Keystone and promises of seaweed in their gas tanks, Americans sense a president so ideologically antipathetic to fossil fuels - which we possess in staggering abundance - that he is utterly unserious about the real world of oil in which the rest of us live. Charles Krauthammer oil real promise Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy. Charles Krauthammer choices evil two Somebody actually said that I'm the only entity on earth, other than rogue states, that has received an apology from the White House. Charles Krauthammer apology white house The great divide in American foreign policy thinking is between those who believe in paper and those who believe in power. Charles Krauthammer paper believe thinking If [Bush's] successors don't screw it up, within 10 years NASA will have us back to where we belong -- on other worlds. Charles Krauthammer nasa other-worlds years Pass legislation. When Obama signs, you've shown seriousness and the ability to govern. When he vetoes, you've clarified the differences between party philosophies and prepared the ground for 2016. Charles Krauthammer differences party philosophy Every new president flatters himself that he, kinder and gentler, is beginning the world anew. Yet, when Barack Obama in his inaugural address reached out to Muslims by saying, 'To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect,' his formulation was needlessly defensive and apologetic. Charles Krauthammer mutual-interest way-forward president Ron Paul is not going to be president, so we don't have to worry about who's going to be in his cabinet. Charles Krauthammer cabinets president worry Tuesday's victory was big. But it did nothing more than level the playing field and give you a shot. Take it. Charles Krauthammer victory tuesday giving
