WASHINGTON, DC – Shortly after America's Republican Party trounced the Democrats and gained control of the Senate in last November's midterm congressional elections, Mitch McConnell, the new Senate majority leader, appealed to his colleagues not to be “scary," but to be “positive" and effective. This has proved very difficult.
华盛顿—去年11月，美国共和党在国会中期选举中痛击民主党，赢得了参议院控制权。此后不久，新参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔（Mitch McConnell）要求同志们不要“吓人”，而是要“积极”并高效。这也许十分困难。