令其他党内高层人士吃惊的是，他自己在今年早期的时候出了一本书，讲他是如何盘活共和党的资金的。

To the surprise of other senior party figures, he produced a book early this year about how to revive Republican fortunes.

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看看吧，格里·科曼说到，看看去年两党联立的保尔森·辛普森委员会上，双方是如何将财政赤字削减提议作为烫手山芋抛来抛去的吧。

Just look, says Mr Glickman, at how both parties treated the deficit-reduction proposals last year of the bipartisan Bowles-Simpson commission as a potato too hot to handle.

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而且在共和党党团会议里小保罗的资历最浅，对于这位新任参议员来说，真正的考验是当他的那些受理想所驱使的想法遭遇阻碍时，当真正开始立法进程时，他会如何调整自己。

And with Paul lacking seniority in the Republican Conference, the real test for the new senator is how he adjusts when his more ideologically driven ideas stall and it's time to start legislating.

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