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.
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王素苗，是货车司机群体里少有的女性，同时也是活跃在货车司机专属社区卡友地带的资深卡友，她口中所提到的“捐赠”既不是现金也不是物件，而是和货车司机息息相关的“运输里程”。 2022年6月，由卡友地带打造的公益平台“爱心里程捐”正式上线，货车司机在卡友地带APP的每一次签到、实际行车的每一段里程，都会转化成“爱心里程”捐赠给指定的公益项目。素来热心公益的王素苗正是在平台上线初期，就第一时间行动了起来。“第一次在卡友地带社区看到爱心里程捐公益平台上线的帖子的时候，就立马点进去了解情况，想不到平时跑车的里程也能做公益。” 从河北到新疆，是王素苗夫妇平时跑车的路线。跨越3000公里的路程，自此成为了夫妻二人的公益之路。 “我基本上都是跑几百公里，就会不由自主地打开卡友地带收一下里程，立马就捐出去了，现在就是一个很自然的事情”。截至目前，王素苗已经累计捐赠20多万公里的里程，相当于绕地球5圈的距离。
不仅如此，王素苗还积极动员身边的卡友共同参与捐里程、做公益。她告诉我们，自己所在的卡友地带石家庄互助分部，目前已经组建了4支爱心车队，人数超过40人，总捐赠里程近百万公里。 赠人玫瑰，手留余香。像王素苗一样热心公益的卡友不在少数，而他们在捐献爱心的同时，也成为了此项公益行动的直接受益者。 据悉，爱心里程捐公益平台现已上线多个公益项目，包括由中国妇女发展基金会和康明斯联合发起的货运路·巾帼行关爱货运行业女性项目、卡加养车·公益寻亲计划以及由所托瑞安和中国乡村发展基金会联合发起的“安行”公益计划。其中，卡加养车·寻亲计划已面向卡友发放寻亲车贴14788份，“安行”公益计划将提供年度100万元项目基金，用于精准帮扶商用车货车司机在驾驶过程中因意外、疾病等原因导致交通事故发生致贫的群体。
作为女性货车司机，王素苗在关爱货运行业女性公益项目前两期结束后，便收到了项目发放的行车关爱包及免费体检福利包。“关爱包里面有口罩、抗原、烫伤膏，还有一些卫生用品等等，都是我平时跑车能用到的，帮了我不少忙。另外，我们常年在外面跑车，很少有时间关注自己的身体，免费体检能帮我们及时了解身体的状况”。 如今，越来越多的"王素苗们"活跃在爱心里程捐公益平台。新的一年里，他们将和卡友地带及爱心企业一起，共同为关爱货车司机行动添砖加瓦。“爱心里程捐公益平台上的这些项目都是和咱们卡友密切相关的，自己参与进来献一份小小的爱心，能帮助更多人的感觉特别好，也希望未来有更多的卡友能参与进来”。 王素苗的心愿，也正是卡友地带自成立以来一直在做，也会不遗余力持续做下去的。 天空彩票app地图 |
