事实上，像前任克林顿一样，奥巴马无法说服柯林斯（Susan Collins）等共和党参议员支持其本人的竞选金融政策，麦凯恩支持其本人的气候变化政策，以及 — — 最可笑的 — — 罗姆尼支持其本人的医疗计划。
Indeed, like Clinton before him, Obama has been unable to get Republican senators like Susan Collins to vote for her own campaign-finance policies, McCain to vote for his own climate-change policy, and – most laughably – Romney to support his own health-care plan.