CNN 2011-02-02

You're watching multisource politics video news analysis from Newsy.In the left corner -- President Obama. And in the right，Representative Paul Ryan，delivering the Republican response.Chairman of the House Budget Committee and rising star of the GOP. Representative Paul Ryan will give the official Republican response after the president’s televised speech.

Did we say rising star of the right? On Fox News, Karl Rove -- raves¹.

“When it comes to budget, and when it comes to spending, he is the brainiest, most thoughtful, deepest thinker on the Republican side of the aisle² in the House.”

“He's very young, 41 years old but has seven congressional terms behind him, clearly a guy who has accomplished³ a lot at a relatively⁴ young age.”

But he’s got some competition. Or does he?As soon as Republican leaders tapped Ryan for the rebuttal - Tea Party darling Michele Bachmann say she, too, is responding -- on behalf of the Tea Party.

The economy will top the agenda - in both the State of the Union address as well as the Republican responses. Initially⁵ ，Bachmann’s response was only going to be available online - but CNN has announced plans to carry it live. The network asked Democratic strategist Paul Begala - is a second Republican response a good idea?

“Yes, I think it’s for her, but I don't think it's helpful for the Republican party for the reasons Susan states. And maybe not so much for the Democrats⁶. We go for the glittery sharp object out there, and forget it's a fishing lure⁷ and we get hooked. We get distracted by Michele Bachmann when we should be focusing on Paul Ryan.”

And CBS suggests - the whole thing begs the question - who’s really leading the Republican Party?A Republican strategist says - two responses doesn’t mean there’s two different Republican parties.

“There were stories before the election that there was a schism⁸ with the tea party and the establishment. Yet, we still won 60-plus seats in the house. So I think that the Republican Party is still unified⁹ on core messages, which is we need to cut spending well, need to reign¹⁰ in the size of government and focus on growing the economy, so whether it's Michelle Bachmann giving it in one venue¹¹ and Paul Ryan giving it in another, the message is still the same...”

Not necessarily - writes Washington Monthly’s Steve Benen，who worries，the fiscal¹² hawk¹³ from Wisconsin could get mischaracterized. And that COULD be bad news for Democrats.

“I can only hope that Paul Ryan isn't positioned as the ‘middle’ -- literally¹⁴ and figuratively -- between the president and Bachmann. [Ryan] is after all, a hard-core radical¹⁵, intent on destroying Medicare and Social Security. Bachmann's wild-eyed craziness shouldn't make Ryan appear reasonable by comparison, but it might.”

Still, The Washington Post’s Adam Serwer says no matter what’s said tonight -- he doesn’t expect much to change.

“After tonight, talking about cutting spending will still be popular, while actually gutting¹⁶ the social safety net won't be. Neither the president's speech, nor Ryan or Bachman's response will change that.”

Stay with Newsy for multi-source analysis of the president’s address and the Republican response.

1 raves   

n.狂欢晚会( rave的名词复数 )v.胡言乱语( rave的第三人称单数 )；愤怒地说；咆哮；痴心地说

参考例句：

• She raves about that singer. 她醉心地谈论那位歌手。 来自辞典例句
• His new play received raves in the paper. 他的新剧本在报纸上受到赞扬。 来自辞典例句

2 aisle   

n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道

参考例句：

• The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
• The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。

3 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

4 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

5 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

6 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 lure   

n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
• He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。

8 schism   

n.分派，派系，分裂

参考例句：

• The church seems to be on the brink of schism.教会似乎处于分裂的边缘。
• While some predict schism,others predict a good old fashioned compromise.在有些人预测分裂的同时，另一些人预测了有益的老式妥协。

9 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。

10 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

11 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

12 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

13 hawk   

n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员

参考例句：

• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
• The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。

14 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

15 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

16 gutting   

n.去内脏v.毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的现在分词 )；取出…的内脏

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