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中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******

　　中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。

　　资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄

　　由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。

　　麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。

　　一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。

　　此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。

　　作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。

　　美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。

　　这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。

　　从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。

　　两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。

　　House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy

　　(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".

　　The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.

　　Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.

　　On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.

　　On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.

　　Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.

　　As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.

　　But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.

　　CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.

　　This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.

　　Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.

　　From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.

　　Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.

　　The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.

苏贞昌为挡“小三通”抛“大陆抢药说”，被台胞批“为难台湾民众”******

　　【环球网报道】据台湾中时新闻网报道，台湾加工类食品、水产品因注册问题被大陆暂停输入，加上“小三通”未恢复，金门县“立委”陈玉珍、准金门县长陈福海、准“连江县长”王忠铭日前率团赴大陆沟通。台“行政院长”苏贞昌却宣称，“小三通”重启恐让大陆民众来台抢药造成防疫破口。对此，有生活在大陆的台胞称，大陆还没开放民众赴台自由行，“小三通”往返两岸的大部分还是台湾人，批评苏贞昌是在为难台湾民众。

　　“不知道苏贞昌是傻还是坏”，居住在厦门多年的台胞符先生表示，台湾现在没有开放大陆的旅行团入境，大陆也没有开放民众到台湾的自由行，剩下的就是探亲以及商务的大陆民众会往返两岸。

　　符先生说，通过“小三通”往返两岸的几乎都是台湾民众，大陆人数量极少，苏贞昌“对岸抢药”的抹黑与谎言，根本是在为难台湾民众。

　　报道称，在苏州工作10多年的李姓台商称，台湾的进口药品确实比大陆便宜，但和抢药根本两回事，一个“行政院长”竟然用大陆人会来台湾抢药的说法带动“抗中保台”的情绪，民进党在“九合一”败选后仍继续以“抗中保台”造成两岸更加对立，真是离谱至极。

　　疫情暴发后，台湾方面于2020年2月10日关闭“小三通”，至今已经快3年。随着岛内边境解封，台商和金马地区民众希望恢复“小三通”的声音越来越强烈。

　　就在各界都对“小三通”复航充满期待之际，苏贞昌又浇了一盆冷水。他12日在出席活动时称，任何人都不能因个人立场妨碍全台一致的防疫作业，希望大家都能以民众健康为重、社会安定为念，如果轻率地不管疫情，随便大开边境，过去大陆人到香港去抢药的情况，大家都看见了，“对岸现在受疫情影响，若台湾因为开放边境而造成防疫破口，妨碍台湾近3年的防疫成功，对民众的健康不能交代，因此没有道理现在要开放小三通”。

　　台媒分析称，蔡英文当局事实上尚未开放大陆民众赴台观光，仅允许商务、探亲与奔丧申请入境，大陆也尚未开放大陆民众出境旅游，仅能申请留学、商务或工作。也就是说，两岸旅游仍受管制，苏贞昌竟说“小三通若开，恐让对岸民众来台抢药”，是在刻意带风向。

　　(来源：环球网)

　　（文图：赵筱尘 巫邓炎）