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Well, I don't know if any one see the Bill Maher movie Religulous?
不知道有沒人看過比爾馬赫的電影，宗教的荒謬
Youssef interview with a Democratic senator from Arkansas is that Mark Pryor I believe
其中有一段對一位阿肯色參議員的采訪，我想受訪者的原形是馬克泊尤
In religious terms, very conservative but yet in other areas much more centrist or even liberal. On some of these economic issues
他在宗教方面的思想是很保守的，但他在其他方面看法則較為中立，甚至開放，例如在經濟問題上則是如此
And places like Montana big hot butter issue would be guns
在蒙大拿這種地方槍支持有是否合法是熱點問題
Blue Dog Democrats from western states tend tobe quite pro-gun. Not surprising
來自西部地區的藍狗成員均比較支持槍支持有。這是意料之中的
Since the people are not going to win primaries at the national level
即使這些人無法贏得國內大多數群眾的支持
But at the state level they can certainly do well
但在他們本州絕對會受到擁戴
In contrasting to the Blue Dog Democrats, the Main Street Republicans
與藍狗民主黨派相對的是共和黨主流社團
Another informal organization and this is in the senate
這也是一個非正式組織，這是他們在參議院中的成員
So you can see Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe from Maine. Maine is a state that's relatively heavily for the Democrats at the presidential level
科林斯和斯諾都來自緬因州。緬因州在總統大選中是較為傾向民主黨的
Two women senators both moderate Republicans. Main Street Republicans
這兩位女性參議員都是較溫和的共和黨人，是共和黨主流社團成員
These are the people that the more conservative Republicans referred to as rhinos, You know that Republican in name only
該組織成員均為比犀牛還要保守的共和黨人，其實他們只是名義上的共和黨人
And so they have a lot of trouble with their own party
因此他們和黨內同仁也有不少紛爭
I wonder what John McCain standing is going to be with this group after
我在想麥凱恩以后是否要忍受和這群人為伍的日子
Well, depends on of course who wins the election
不過這是建立在他贏得大選的前提下
But he has diverged quite strongly from the Main Street Republican platform
麥凱恩的一些思想與主流社團的綱領分歧甚多
If you will, or ideology over the last few weeks
尤其是其在過去幾周的表現
But you can see Minnesota 's gonna be,there's a tie raised here in Minnesota Al Franken, comedian against Norm Coleman
在明尼蘇達州，一場你死我活的席位爭奪戰正在喜劇作家弗蘭肯和科爾曼間展開
But generally we have more northern areas, with Arizona being a bit of an exception
總體而言，這些成員大多來自北部，除了來自亞利桑那州的那位例外
So anyway, I think there's enough for now on this issue of state elections
好，關于州的選情就先講到這
But let me just pass and see if anyone has any questions or comments?
我想看看你們還有什么問題或看法
Any one want to explore?
還有人想探討這個問題嗎?
