纽约—在激烈的选战后 — — 总共花费了20多亿美元 — — 许多观察者认为美国政治并没有因此改变多少：奥巴马仍旧是总统，共和党仍旧控制着众议院，民主党仍旧占据着参议员多数。
NEW YORK – After a hard-fought election campaign, costing well in excess of $2 billion, it seems to many observers that not much has changed in American politics: Barack Obama is still President, the Republicans still control the House of Representatives, and the Democrats still have a majority in the Senate.