This view clearly influences Republican office-holders, who fear the partisan beast that mans their campaigns’ phone banks and holds the purse strings. Moreover, ever since Clinton’s election in 1992, those at the head of the Republican Party have believed that creating gridlock whenever a Democrat is in the White House, and thus demonstrating the government’s incapacity to act, is their best path to electoral success.
这一观点显然影响了共和党领导人，他们担心党派之争扼住了其竞选阵营的电话银行和钱袋子。此外，自从克林顿1992年当选以来，共和党领导人就认定，不论民主党谁当总统，都要在白宫制造僵局，以证明政府的无法作为，这是竞选成功的最佳之道。