Yet Mr McConnell「s call for bipartisanship is not a total sham.

当然，要把麦康内尔对两党合作的呼吁说成是一场骗局，也是有失公允的。

It」s conventional wisdom that bipartisanship results in improved public policy.

有一种传统观念认为，两党合作必然能使公共政策得到改善。

And for all the talk of bipartisanship and Mr Obama's courting of religious voters during his campaign, their voting patterns did not change much at all, so he owes them little.

两党合作的谈话以及奥巴马在选战期间对于保守选民的讨好，所有这些并没有改变他们的投票，所以奥巴马并不欠他们什么。

His success over the next two years might have to be built on more compromise, meaning that greater bipartisanship could reward him with re-election.

他在过去两年的成功可能都是建立在比较妥协的基础上的，这也意味着更好的两党合作可以用继任来奖励他。

We need that same spirit of cooperation and bipartisanship when it comes to finally passing reform that will bring down the cost of health care and give Americans more control over their insurance.

来到这个可以降低卫生保健费用，能给予美国人在他们的保险方面更为自主的法案将要最终通过的时候，我们也需要这种共同协作和两党合作的精神。

But it signals an early end to bipartisanship and bodes ill for the future of more difficult legislation, which will require a lot more co-operation.

然而这也预示着两党之间的合作将早早结束，也为将来的争执留下了伏笔。将来在进行更为艰难的立法工作时，两党间需要更多的合作。

The stimulus deal was an unusual display of bipartisanship in Washington, with Democrats and Republicans in the House making concessions to get the deal done quickly.

这个刺激经济的协议不寻常地显示出华盛顿两党的精诚合作，众议院中的民主党人和共和党人都做出了让步，以便能迅速达成协议。

Mr Bush may even be able to extend this fashion for bipartisanship to foreign leaders.

布什甚至能将跨党合作的潮流推广给国外的领导人。

But that was when the ideologies of the parties overlapped in the middle and made bipartisanship easier.

可是这些法案的年代里，两党的意识形态在中间是有重迭的，这使得两党的合作比较容易。

If they do manage to make recommendations, this will represent more real bipartisanship than has been on offer lately.

如果他们真的想实现建议，这代表了更加现实的两党合作而非不久前的提议。

Obama made the stimulus a cornerstone of his economic recovery plan even before he took office, but his calls for bipartisanship were an early casualty.

奥巴马在他就任之前就把这一刺激计划作为经济复苏计划的基础，但是他呼吁两党合作造成早期的伤亡。

Such bipartisanship will do something to burnish his reputation as a reformer.

这样的两党合作将对凸显布什作为改革者的声誉或有助益。

But his bipartisanship has been mostly of the George Bush variety: he is quite happy for his opponents to endorse his policies.

但是他的两党合作却几乎是乔治·布什式的变种：他以他的对手支持他的政策而高兴而已。

Moderation, cooperation, compromise, and bipartisanship are lame reflections of a pusillanimous past and of a 「pathetic and exhausted leadership」 incapable of winning elections.

中庸、合作、妥协以及两党关系则是昔日优柔寡断和无法赢得大选的「悲凉无望的领导班子」的残缺写照。

He talked endlessly about bipartisanship and national unity. He was also a living symbol of racial reconciliation.

他一直呼吁两党合作以及全美团结，而他自身也是种族融合活生生的象征，美国以一片狂热的爱国主义和美好愿景迎接他的就职。

America has a tradition of bipartisanship in foreign policy.

美国外交政策向来有两党制的传统。