Mr McCain finds himself in a curious position. He entered the race as an experienced and well-known candidate, much-liked, with years in the Senate behind him. He was running against a virtually unknown novice, with barely any legislative achievements to boast of – and a black man with a funny name, to boot. Mr McCain was the known quantity, the safer choice, literally the elder statesman and Mr Obama had everything to prove. Yet with four weeks to go, the election is being run by both sides as though the opposite were true.
麥凱恩發現自己處于奇怪的境地。他作為一名經驗豐富的知名候選人參選,為許多人所喜歡,擁有在參議院工作多年的經驗。他的對手則是初出茅廬,幾乎不為人所知,在立法上沒有點滴成就可以夸耀,而且還是一位有著奇怪名字的黑人。麥凱恩是“已知數”,是更加安全的人選,堪稱政界元老,而奧巴馬事事都有待證明。然而,在距離大選還有4周的時候,雙方的競選形勢對比卻恰恰相反。