Many leaders – Nicolas Sarkozy, Gordon Brown, and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero come to mind – have been swept away by economic discontent in recent years. Although the financial disaster erupted on George W. Bush’s watch, after eight years of a Republican presidency, Obama had to carry the burden of an anemic recovery.
在经济依然疲软、失业率接近8%的时候赢得连任并不容易。近年来，许多领导人——眼前马上浮现出萨科齐、布朗、萨巴莱塔等人的身影——都因经济令人不满而被赶下了台。尽管金融灾难是在共和党总统小布什执政的八年后爆发的，但欧巴马需要接过复苏不振的重担。