But Sarkozy has not governed effectively, as his party’s disenchantment with him and polling data make abundantly clear. The manic character of his presidency – initiative spilling into initiative, each being the transformative solution to the problem at hand, all opposition denounced as lies, bad faith, and cowardice – has worn thin.
但是萨科奇的执政效果不如人意，这可以从他的政党对他不抱幻想以及民意调查中很清楚地显现出来。萨科奇上任后所体现出的疯狂特点已经开始弱化了：这个特点是一个动议分裂成另一个动议，每个都给手头上的问题提出了改造性的解决方案，而任何反对意见都被指责是谎言、不守诚信和怯懦。