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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.
【新时代新征程新伟业】党的二十大精神进校园：河北衡水二中“微党课”“课前三分钟”声声入耳******
中新网衡水12月23日电 (记者 李晓伟)电子屏播放、橱窗板展示、绘制专题板报，悬挂横幅标语……近日走进衡水市第二中学(简称“衡水二中”)校园，中新网记者深切感受到此间浓厚的学习党的二十大精神的氛围。
据介绍，作为衡水市直两所省级示范性高中之一，衡水二中每周会根据教学时间进行“微党课”学习：即在学校所有备课组集体教研前，由备课组长和党员教师领学，集中学习党的二十大精神。
衡水二中政治老师、备课组长之一的贡军荣称，每次“微党课”前，她都会和党员教师把当期要学习的党的二十大精神制成课件，切实做到真学、真懂、真信、真用。
“党的二十大报告指出，‘实施科教兴国战略，强化现代化建设人才支撑’。”贡军荣说，作为教师她深感责任重大，只有通过系统地学习，真正把党的二十大精神融会贯通，才能更好地带领学生学习，为祖国培养更多优秀人才。
除了教职工的“微党课”学习，该校同时将党的二十大报告中的金句制成校本材料发到每位学生手里，利用政治课的课前三分钟，由老师讲解并带领学生诵读、誊写党的二十大报告中的金句。该校学生将此活动生动地称为“课前三分钟”。
学生赵荣德说，“党的二十大报告里有很多话让我印象特别深刻，比如‘推动绿色发展，促进人与自然和谐共生’，我感受到了国家走绿色可持续发展道路的决心。”
为深入学习宣传贯彻党的二十大精神，该校还成立了以校党委书记为团长的党的二十大精神基层宣讲团，利用基层党支部“三会一课”、主题党日活动、主题团日活动和备课组长会、全体教师会等，对全校师生进行广泛宣讲。
图为衡水二中开展党史知识竞赛活动。 衡水二中供图同时，该校各年级还通过主题演讲赛、传唱红色歌曲等形式多样的活动宣传党的二十大精神。
“以前觉得课业忙，很少主动了解这些知识，现在通过参加这些活动不仅增强了我们的爱党爱国意识，也了解了更多的国家大事，对我们来说非常有意义。”高一学生逯运如说。
衡水二中办公室主任崔广义称，让学生们在互动中深入学习党的二十大精神，更能深刻体悟精神内涵，激励他们奋发学习，报效祖国的雄心壮志。
衡水市委党校党建教研室主任许春和表示，衡水二中在学习宣传党的二十大精神过程中，结合自身实际，学习形式灵活多样，党员干部率先垂范，广大师生全员参与，学习效果立竿见影，可以说真正做到了党的二十大精神进校园、进课堂、进头脑。
随着学习的深入，学生赵荣德说，现在他们越来越积极主动了解身边事、国家事。他笑称，作为新时代学子，要做到“家事国事天下事，事事关心”。(完)
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