竞选总统

Watching George McGovern hop on the presidential merry-go-round again makes you wonder what makes them run.

看到乔治-麦戈文又跳上了竞选总统的游乐转椅，人们不禁要问：究竟是什么东西促使这些人前来竞选的。

It was over 14 years ago that you began your run for governor and over ten years ago that we started think ing and planning about a possible run for the presiden cy .

我们一起工作很长时间了。14年前，你开始准备竞选州长。10年前，我们开始考虑并计划竞选总统的可能性。

He thought if he were to run for the presidency he would have to raise ample funds.

他想，如果他要竞选总统的话，就得去募集大笔的竞选经费。

He was elected U.S. Senator. In 1952, as Eisenhower's running mate, was elected vice-president of the United States. He was re-elected in 1956 as Vice President of the United States. In the 1959 presidential election by a razor-thin vote difference in John F. Kennedy was defeated.

1950年当选为美国联邦参议员。1952年，他作为艾森豪威尔的竞选伙伴，当选为美国副总统。1956年他再度当选为美国副总统。1959年在竞选总统中以微弱票差被约翰·肯尼迪击败。

Many run for the presidency who shouldn't, and many others don't run who should.

有许多人，尽管不应竞选总统，却要竞选；而另有许多人，虽然应该参加竞选，却又不干。

It was over 14 years ago that you began your run for governor and over ten years ago that we started thinking and planning about a possible run for the presidency.

在14多年前，你开始为州长的竞选，十年前，我们开始思考并制定一个可行的计划来竞选总统。

When she decided to run for the presidency instead, everyone else started looking at the Senate race.

当她决定竞选总统时，其他人则着手准备参议员竞选。

We have been at this a long time. It was over 14 years ago that you began your run for governor and over ten years ago that we started thinking and planning about a possible run for the presidency. And it has been an exhilarating and eventful time.

我们在一起工作有很长的一段时期了，14年前，你开始了你的洲长竞选，10难前我们开始思考和计划竞选总统。

When Adlai Stevenson, the nominee in 1952, accepted his party's call to run again, he said he had prayed this cup would pass from me.

史蒂文森接受了党的呼吁，再次参加竞选。他说他曾祈祷某一天我将接过他的&命数&（指克林顿也会被党提名竞选总统）。

And even if he fails this time round, he is likely to remain on the top rung of American politics for decades to come—perhaps as a vice-presidential candidate in 2008, and probably as a presidential candidate later.

即使他这次竞选失败了，但是在未来的几十年里，他仍有可能活跃在美国政坛的顶层——可能成为2008年副总统候选人，或者有可能继续竞选总统。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。