在政治上，这一议题是这个党的一张胜券。
对于共和党整体来说，最大的风险是，他们可能会因此丢掉手上最强力的一张牌——他们能比共和党更好的保卫美国的观念。
The risk for the Republicans as a whole is that they will lose their strongest card-the idea that they are better at defending America than the Democrats.
这就是为什么奥巴马重视两党合作是一个正确的决定，即便他都无法获得共和党的一张支持票——而且他要使自己的法案生效其实并不需要这些投票。
This is why Obama is right to value bipartisanship, even if he doesn't manage to win a single Republican vote - and even if he doesn't need any to enact his legislative program.
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