After months of shadow-boxing, several of the main contenders for the Republican nomination are declaring their hand. The race has already occasioned a weight of commentary, much inevitably misleading. One piece of conventional wisdom seems to me clearly incorrect: it is that Republicans, a docile and deferential lot, always nominate the candidate next in line.
經過幾個月的隔空叫陣之后，角逐共和黨總統候選人提名的幾名主要競爭者正進入真刀真槍的參選階段。人們圍繞這場角逐發表了大量評論，其中有許多不可避免地帶有誤導性。在我看來，有一個常見說法顯然不對，那就是：共和黨人是一批崇尚溫良恭讓的人，他們總是提名上次提名角逐排名第二的人作為該黨總統候選人。
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