WASHINGTON, DC – Barack Obama was widely considered an exciting new figure when he was first elected President of the United States in 2008. His increasing unpopularity and virtual abandonment by his own party in his second term in 2014 stems largely from that fact: Expectations exceeded reality.
华盛顿—当2008年奥巴马第一次当选美国总统时，他被广泛认为是令人振奋的新面孔。2014年第二任期期间，他的支持率日益下滑，并且被所在政党事实抛弃，这主要是拜一个事实所赐：预期高于实际。但是，更重要的是，实际发生了变化——以多种方式。