After the democratic " shellacking " in the midterm elections , everyone wondered how president obama would respond .
自从民主党在中期选举中失利以后,大家都很好奇:奥巴马会如何应对呢。
Mr obama 's popularity fell and the democrats suffered a " shellacking " in the midterm elections .
奥巴马支持率下降,民主党在中期选举中“一败涂地”。
It 's not often you see the lefty new republic and the righty national review use the same obama quote on their covers to describe anything , but they did after the nov. 2 midterms : " shellacking . "
Obamacare dominated the 2010 midterms , driving its democratic authors to a historic electoral shellacking .
奥巴马的医保法案话题统治了2010年期中选举,并让推销这项法案的民主党遭到选举惨败。
Now , for the record , let me say that it feels pretty good to stop at least one shellacking this november .
坦率地讲,这至少使11月的这次惨败带来的郁闷之情一扫而光,感觉棒极了。
True , the president conceded that he had received a " shellacking " at the polls , and that " some election nights are more fun than others . "
当然,他承认在选举中“惨败”了,而且“有些选举夜要比这次的快乐得多。”
It was seen by members of both parties as a sign that mr. obama , in the wake of what he called his electoral ' shellacking , ' might be willing to tack away from his liberal base in search of compromise with republicans .