DENVER – For the uninitiated, especially foreign observers, the United States’ presidential election campaign can seem like an epic narrative in which the protagonists pass through various trials en route to salvation, with the US media’s nonstop coverage resounding like a Greek chorus. Now that the made-for-television Republican and Democratic conventions are over, the odyssey of President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, continues with three face-to-face encounters in October.
丹佛—对于不知情的观察者，特别是外国观察者来说，美国总统大选看起来就像是一出史诗剧，主人公需要经历重重考验，而美国媒体就像是希腊合唱队，不断地唱着和声。如今，共和党和民主党之间的电视辩论已经结束，总统奥巴马及其共和党挑战者罗姆尼仍要在10月份经历三次面对面交锋，才能决出输赢。