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.
《去有风的地方》温暖热播质感获赞 多元群像抚愈人心******
刘亦菲饰许红豆
田园治愈剧《去有风的地方》正在湖南卫视金鹰独播剧场、芒果TV双平台温暖热播。本剧由华策（厦门）影视有限公司、瞰心晴工作室出品，刘亦菲、李现领衔主演，胡冰卿、牛骏峰特邀主演，吴彦姝、董晴、范帅琦、马梦唯、赵子琪、马柏全主演，杨昆、艾丽娅、崔奕、傅迦、焦刚、张磊、郝文婷主演，涂松岩、刘佳、郝平、龚蓓苾、姚安娜特别出演，吴倩、曾舜晞、史彭元、刘美含友情出演，傅斌星担纲出品人，张灼监制，龙亚担纲总制片人，丁梓光执导，水阡墨、王雄成编剧。自开播以来，有风小院租客们的故事、云苗村清新怡人的自然风光，为观众带去了心灵和视觉的双向治愈，演员的走心呈现、精细的制作品质也引发了许多观众的关注与热评，口碑和热度一路走高。
李现饰谢之遥
温暖工笔描摹人物群像 口碑走高热度不断
《去有风的地方》讲述了许红豆（刘亦菲饰）在好友离世后来到云南短住，在那里，她结识了放弃城市生活回乡创业的当地青年谢之遥（李现饰），以及同住有风小院的伙伴们——“跨越了山和大海才找到这里”的咖啡师娜娜（胡冰卿 饰），怀才不遇但乐观向上的音乐创作人胡有鱼（牛骏峰饰），社恐且宅的网络作家大麦（马梦唯 饰），事业受挫的商人马丘山（涂松岩饰）……在这幅多棱镜式的生活流大群像里，每个角色身上似乎都带有现代人当下生活的真实缩影，也让正在疲惫生活中，同样努力寻找内心自愈和人生方向的观众在不经意间沉浸其中。
许红豆&谢之遥
目前，各线剧情已全面铺陈开来。在阿奶（吴彦姝饰）的神助攻下，许红豆、谢之遥秒变义工与老板，两人之间的关系逐步升温；娜娜与大麦从不甚熟络到互相鼓励，双向奔赴的友情日渐深厚，而此前过着“佛系”生活的老马则决定开始重新创业……从亲情、友情、到爱情，在肉眼可见的变化里，小院生活越来越有滋味。
娜娜&胡有鱼
回归生活、观照现实、疗愈身心。透过充满清新田园风的画面镜头，《去有风的地方》将关于亲情、友情、爱情的故事娓娓道来，隽永熨帖的质感获赞“令人感到极度舒适”。与此同时，演员与角色之间的“高贴脸度”也收获了集体好评，“去有风的地方不够看”“去有风的地方亲情戏”等多个话题登上热搜，领衔主演刘亦菲、李现以及特邀主演胡冰卿、牛骏峰等众多演员联手贡献精彩演技，吴彦姝、杨昆、艾丽娅、涂松岩、刘佳等众多实力派演员更是集体坐镇，从一蔬一饭到事业、梦想、爱情，《去有风的地方》以轻柔的工笔触碰观众的内心世界，让人反复回味。
细节营造治愈感 “慢看剧”感受“自愈力”
有风有海，四季三餐。在《去有风的地方》舒畅治愈的画风背后，也隐藏着诸多的走心细节。例如，剧中充满了人间烟火气的有风小院其实是剧组从无到有、一点一点悉心搭建的，摇曳的纱帘、风车、风铃、挂饰……虽不见风，却处处都是风的形状，与剧名遥相呼应。此外，从美食、服饰、建筑，到木雕、轧染、刺绣等非遗文化，也让观众感受到了浓郁的人文气息，看点满满。
同时，角色和剧情中诸多环环相扣的细节也让暖意直抵人心。许红豆好友陈南星（吴倩饰）的故去引爆了观众泪点，而慈祥可爱的谢阿奶似乎慢慢填补了陈南星的位置，两人成了“忘年闺蜜”。在许红豆逐渐自愈的过程中，从机械转变木质的钟表、不断更新的照片墙等都各具意象。与此同时，从城市回到家乡的谢之遥则被观众称为“小太阳”式村草，他对于风的注释令人倍觉暖心，“风的本质是空气流动，人在感到疲惫寒冷的时候需要向温暖的地方流动，寻找幸福的力量、温暖的力量、美好的力量，或者，重新出发的力量。”
去有风的地方群像
作为一部田园治愈剧，《去有风的地方》也是一部值得细品的“慢看剧”“宝藏剧”，就像有观众评价的那样，“绝对值得拿八倍镜追”“真的一帧都舍不得快进”。《去有风的地方》正在湖南卫视、芒果TV双平台热播，许红豆的三个月租期在不知不觉间流逝，谢之遥的“斜杠”创业之路波折不断，更多发生在有风小院里的新鲜事也将一一解锁，敬请关注。
