“With our financial house on fire, Obama makes clear both in in his speech and his budget that the essence of his presidency will be the transformation of health care, education and energy.” CareHouseEnergyClearFireSpeechEssenceTransformationFinancialHealth CareBudgetsPresidency Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Take all your dukes and marquesses and earls and viscounts, pack them into one chamber, call it the House of Lords to satisfy their pride and then strip it of all political power. It's a solution so perfectly elegant and preposterous that only the British could have managed it.” MenAgePoliticalHousePoliticsLordPowerPrideSolutionsBritishPacksElegantChamberPolitical PowerDukesHouse Of Lords Author:Charles Krauthammer
“The only reason the president insists on raising [tax] rates is because he knows it will destroy Republican unity, it will cause a complete fracture of the Republican majority in the house, it will hand him a Congress that he can then manipulate for the next two years at least because the Republicans will be neutered. ... This is entirely a political action, a way to get a surrender from the Republicans.” KnowsWayYearsTwoReasonHandsActionPoliticalNextHouseCausesPresidentRepublicanTaxesMajorityUnityRateCongressSurrenderTwo YearsManipulatePolitical ActionFractureRaising Taxes Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Somebody actually said that I'm the only entity on earth, other than rogue states, that has received an apology from the White House.” StatesEarthHouseWhiteWhite HouseApologyEntityRogues Author: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.” RealShowsOpportunityHouseGivenPartyMediaPerceptionElectionDemocratCongressAgentsBrandsConventionalLegislationOblivionNotableDysfunctionIncessantlyGopRare Opportunities Author:Charles Krauthammer
“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.” DoeFactsMightDiesHouseDifficultLinesLeaderRepublicanVoteBillsMajorityDemocraticBlockReachingSenateDesksColleaguesNotableMajority Leader Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Winning control of the Senate would allow Republicans to pass a whole range of measures now being held up by Reid, often at the behest of the White House. Make it a major reform agenda. The centerpiece might be tax reform, both corporate and individual. It is needed, popular and doable. Then go for the low-hanging fruit enjoying wide bipartisan support, such as the Keystone XL pipeline and natural gas exports, most especially to Eastern Europe. One could then add border security, energy deregulation and health-care reform that repeals the more onerous Obamacare mandates.” WholeMightCareHouseWinningIndividualEnergyEnjoyNaturalWhiteSupportSecurityNeededRepublicanTaxesMajorsLowsEuropeAddFruitWideReformHealth CareCorporateRangeBordersGasAgendasWhite HouseSenateEasternNotableObamacareMandatesBipartisanPipelineEastern EuropeNatural GasKeystonesHealth Care ReformDeregulationTax ReformBorder SecurityCenterpieces Author:Charles Krauthammer
“If fences don't work, why is there one around the White House.” IfsHouseWhiteWhite HouseFence Author:Charles Krauthammer
