The country is in the sort of unhappy and scratchy mood that voters in mid-terms habitually take out on the president's party.

整个国家都处于某种烦闷和抓狂的心态中，就像中期选举的选民习惯性地把这种心态归咎于总统所属的政党一样。

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The party needs to gain 39 seats to take back the House, and many prognosticators think they will exceed that mark.

共和党要获得39个席位才能重掌众议院，许多预测人士认为他们获得的席位将超过这个数字。

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Such fears may be exaggerated, in that whichever party (or parties) end up in power will have to deal with the deficit - and take account of market reaction.

这样的担心也许有点夸张，任何一个党派(或者几个党派)上台将不得不应对赤字—并考虑市场反应。

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We got it right and we are the only party that can take people from recession to recovery and guarantee that we have growth in the future, and I'm very confident about the basis of growth in this country.

BBC: Take your politics too seriously

But to make this seem genuine he needs also to take a leaf out of Mr Blair's book and actually take on those elements in his party that most revolt the electorate.

ECONOMIST: Vague but tough

Who knows how long that will take considering Democrats and Republicans are fine tuning separate plans with little indication that either party will budge.

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