"It is an age-old problem in politics, where in general in American politics, the candidate who appeals most to the most fervent members of the party wins the primary and then often has a very difficult time appealing to the broader electorate."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

And so frequently what we try and do is, we take a new problem and map it onto an old problem so that we can use an old solution.

我们经常做的一件事就是，我们处理一个新问题时,把它归结为一个老问题,以便我们能采取老的解决方式。

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Sober statement of an old problem.

老生常谈，“

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