But as the storm clouds gather in the coming year, the political coalition that put Bush in power will stifle progress in undoing the fiscal mess. Bush’s gamble was a loser from the start, generating costly results – mainly for the US, but for the rest of the world, too – for years to come.
但是，随着来年的山雨欲来，将布什推上宝座的政治联盟会抑制解决财政混乱的步伐。布什的赌博从一开始就注定失败，今后还将付出巨大的代价——主要是对美国，但对世界上其他国家也会有影响。