Short of sacking Joe Biden and making the temporarily wheelchair-bound Dick Cheney his vice-president, Mr Obama could have said nearly anything and still made his audience faint with ecstasy.

除不能开除掉乔•拜登，并让暂时坐在轮椅上的迪克·切尼取而代之副总统一职以外，奥巴马本来什么都可以讲，并让他的听众再欣喜若狂一把。

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