Some of Mitt Romney’s advisers seemed taken aback by Obama’s victory: Wasn’t the election supposed to be about economics? They were confident that Americans would forget how the Republicans’ deregulatory zeal had brought the economy to the brink of ruin, and that voters had not noticed how their intransigence in Congress had prevented more effective policies from being pursued in the wake of the 2008 crisis.
某些罗姆尼的幕僚被奥巴马的胜利弄懵了：选举难道不是个经济问题吗？他们自信满满地认为美国人会忘记共和党的热衷于去监管化将美国经济界拖入了毁灭的边缘，自信满满地认为选民不会注意到共和党在国会的从中作梗使得更有效的政策无法在2008年危机爆发时实施。他们认为，选民只会把注意力集中在当前的经济萎靡上。