美国2014中期选举，民主党败的灰头土脸，共和党从民主党手中抢下十个席位，Iowa作为Swing State又导向了共和党。
尽管如此，共和党获胜的主要云因并非因为他们有多好的新政策，而是人们对执政党不满意（永远如此）。共和党抓住机会把宣传点侧重在抨击民主党政策上。简单并有效。
奥巴马里外不是人。平心而论，美国经济已经开始复苏，出口和投资增加，GDP上升，失业率下降，这些参数在当前世界经济情势下算的上很不错了。但老百姓们并没感觉到，工资中位数并无显著变化。另一方面奥巴马虽有个人魅力但执政经验并不足。尤其是在国际方面，对中东，俄罗斯，中国的态度都不够强硬。民众是不乐意看见本国领导人以软炮形象出现在世界舞台上的。反观国内，不管是医疗改革，教育，还是枪支管控，奥巴马都未做出非常有效的决策。
但想来做总统不易，非在其位而不得知。
Here’s what you rejected by voting out the Democrats:
- 68 straight months of economic growth
- A record 56 months of private sector job growth
- A current annual GDP growth rate of 5%
- Unemployment falling from 10.1% to 5.8%
- The Federal budget deficit reduced by two-thirds
- A record stock market
- Record corporate profits
- Fewer Americans in harm’s way in war zones
- Zero attacks by al Queda on US soil
- The death of Osama bin Laden
Here’s what the Republicans gave us last time they were in charge:
- Two economic recessions
- The worse financial collapse since 1920
- The two longest wars in U.S. history
- The worst record of job creation since Herbert Hoover
- A stock market collapse
- A budget surplus (inherited from the Clinton years) turned into a trillion dollar deficit
Well played America. Well played.