主题：2012 大选周记 之一 -- 切地雷

以下是美国一著名保守派的文章. 显然，他们明白这次他们输了多少。

我试着翻译一下：

“奥巴马的胜利，不管是什么样的（指不管赢得痛快与否），都意味着奥巴马已经实现了的东西将会保留下来。从奥巴马的角度来看，这次选举不就是为了这个吗？在他的下一个任期内，奥巴马总统可以不再做什么。事实上，他在竞选期间也很少提出新的什么计划，他已经完成了他当总统最重要的目标，其中包括奥巴马保健和创造更大的福利国家。如果奥巴马获胜，自由派和保守派将继续就新问题进行斗争，但那将是在接受已被奥巴马改变了的框架的基础之上。”

"An Obama victory, no matter what kind, means that Barack Obama keeps what he has already achieved. From Obama's perspective, isn't that mostly what this election is about? President Obama could do almost nothing new in his next term -- indeed, he has proposed very little by way of new programs during the campaign and he will still have accomplished the most important goals of his presidency,

which include Obama-care and creating a much larger welfare state. If Obama wins, liberals and conservatives will go on to contest new issues, but they will do so on a new terrain that accepts the core of Obama's changes."