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I spent the fall crisscrossing the country on a campaign marathon. I urged people to vote as if their lives depended on it.
我整個秋天都在為馬拉松式的總統競選而跑遍全國各地。我勸人們去投票，好像他們生活就靠那張投票了似的。
I poured my heart into Representative Charles Schumer's campaign to defeat New York Senator AI D'Amato. An intelligent and doggedly progressive Democrat, Chuck Schumer was one of Bill's most steadfast supporters. D'Amato had chaired the Whitewater hearings in the Senate, where he had paraded blameless White House secretaries, ushers and a baby-sitter in front of the committee, finding nothing but saddling them with legal bills. D'Amato was vulnerable to Schumer's vigorous challenge.
為了能夠打敗來自紐約的參議員阿爾·德·阿馬托，我全身心投入代表查爾斯·舒默的競選活動。聰明而且有點頑固激進的民主黨人查爾斯·舒默是比爾最堅定的支持者之一。德·阿馬托曾在參議院主持“白水事件”的聽證會，會上，他當著委員會成員的面，責難無辜的白宮秘書們，招待員們和一個保姆，結果什么都沒問出，反而扔給了那些人法律的負擔。這次面對舒默的有力挑戰，德·阿馬托很受打擊。
As voting day approached, the GOP launched a massive ad campaign that focused on the scandal. The scheme was unsuccessful. Voters seemed to be more disgusted with Republican political tactics than with the President's behavior.
隨著投票日地臨近，共和黨投放了大量的針對比爾“丑聞”的競選廣告，可是這招并沒有奏效，似乎相對于總統的行為來說，選民們對于共和黨的這招政治策略更加反感。
On Election Day, the exit polls started coming in, and Bill was in an upbeat mood. As always, I was too nervous to watch the returns. So I invited Maggie and Chery Mills, an accomplished lawyer in the counsel's office, to join me in the movie theater for a screening of Oprah Winfrey's new film of the Toni Morrison novel Beloved. When we emerged later that night there was good news: The vote was historic. Democrats gained 5 seats in the House and narrowed the Republican margin: It was now 223 to 211. The Senate held steady at 55 Republicans to 45 Democrats. Barbara Boxer won reelection to the Senate, and the best news of the night was that Chuck Schumer beat Al D'Amato in New York.
選舉日那天，出口民調也隨之進行，比爾很樂觀。和往常一樣，我會緊張到都不敢看一眼統計表。所以，我邀請了麥琪和謝麗爾·米爾斯，一位在律師辦公室里頗有成就的律師，讓她們陪我一起去電影院看改編自托妮·莫里森的小說，由奧普拉·溫弗瑞主演的新電影《真愛》。那晚晚些的時候，我們從影院回來聽到了一些好消息：投票結果簡直是歷史性的，民主黨在眾議院中獲得了五個席位，減小了共和黨的比例：現在是223個席位對211個席位。參議院穩定在55個共和黨人對45個民主黨。芭芭拉·柏克瑟在重選中贏得了聯邦參議員席位。那晚最好的消息就是查爾斯·舒默在紐約打敗了阿爾·德·阿馬托。
