Political strategist Mark Penn, a former adviser to former president Bill Clinton, expects President Obama to continue to position himself as a political centrist as he looks toward his own re-election battle in 2012.
政治战略分析家马克·佩恩是前总统克林顿的顾问。他认为奥巴马总统在展望2012年竞选连任的前景的时候,将继续坚持中间立场。
"The president, I think, in moving to the center, has got to be able to say to the left and the right, that 'look, the voters ________________________________, no one is going to be the winner here.'"
他说:“我认为,总统向中间靠拢,必须能跟左派和右派的人说,看哪,选民要看到我们取得了成就,假如我们不能取得成就,没有人会得到好处。”
The first big test for President Obama in the New Year will come later in January when he delivers the annual State of Union Address to a joint session of Congress.在新一年里,奥巴马总统受到的第一大考验是他对国会参众两院联席会议发表国情咨文。