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if you look at the long term of American politics this sort of victories don't last
如果你縱觀美國的政治局勢 會發(fā)現(xiàn)沒有哪個黨能做常勝將軍
the other party adjustments are made
因為處于弱勢的黨會調(diào)整自身
we have a two-party system and the two parties would remain competitive
我們有穩(wěn)定的兩黨體系 兩個黨都會努力使自己具有競爭力
now there's a lot of thinking going on the Republican Party about what the direction to go
現(xiàn)在對于共和黨接下來應采取怎樣的發(fā)展方向 有很多說法
whether or not
他們應該往哪兒走
I mean many Republican strategists say the Republican Party wasn't conservative enough
很多共和黨的政治戰(zhàn)略家認為共和黨現(xiàn)在不夠保守
certainly under
尤其是
if you look at financial conservatism I think a good point can be made
從金融保守主義的角度來看 共和黨顯然不夠保守
George Bush's administration ran up record deficit and that goes against what had traditionally been conservative economic policies
喬治布什執(zhí)政期間 赤字創(chuàng)歷史新高 這種做法顯然是違背傳統(tǒng)的 經(jīng)濟保守政策的
on the cultural front I think it's a much more contentious issue
從文化的角度來看 也許這一方面更具爭議
I think the big debate really is over what we might call "Right Wing Populism"
最大的爭議就在于 所謂的"右派民粹主義"到底是什么
as typified by Sarah Palin
這一派的人物代表是莎拉佩林
so it's very conservative in many aspects but it's a philosophy as I said before
所以雖然共和黨在很多方面仍然保守 但他們所尊崇的信條
it doesn't sell very well among affluent educated suburban voters
并不太受到郊區(qū)受教育程度高 富裕選民的歡迎
and if you look at the affluent suburban counties as a real key to the countries
很多人認為這些富裕的郊縣在大選中極為關(guān)鍵
economic future and political future that doesn't look like a particular good strategy
但對他們而言未來經(jīng)濟和政治的發(fā)展承諾 不具有什么誘惑力
that's debated though
不過這也是有爭議的
and certainly there're many in the Republican Party who say that she is very important
也有很多共和黨人說 佩林的作用非常關(guān)鍵
in maintaining enthusiasm for the Republicans among
她維護了人們對共和黨人的熱情
especially among rural deeply Evangelical voters
尤其是農(nóng)村地區(qū)福音派的選民
