America is rapidly losing its position as leader of the world simply because the Democratic administration has pitifully failed to provide effective leadership. 正因為民主黨政府已無(wú)力在政治上給予卓有成效的領(lǐng)導，美國正迅速喪失其世界領(lǐng)袖的地位。
Lodge was in an ambiguous position in Saigon as a possible Republican presidential candidate representing a Democratic administration in a war that was an issue in the campaign. 洛奇在西貢的立場(chǎng)不十分明確，他可能成為共和黨后選人，而他又代表民主黨政府，該政府處于戰爭之中，而戰爭是競選中的一個(gè)問(wèn)題。
