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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中新网昆明1月19日电 (记者 缪超)“朝辞春城彩云间，坐着高铁去看海，满目青山看不够，转眼海风扑面来……”1月19日，由中国新闻网和中国新闻社云南分社联合出品的原创说唱歌曲《坐着高铁去看海》正式上线，老中青三代音乐人共同谱写中国对外开放的崭新篇章。
原创说唱歌曲《坐着高铁去看海》由云南著名词作家蒋明初、青年作曲家岳少鹏创作，云南流行音乐制作人郭烜宇编曲，国家一级作曲家万里作为音乐指导。云南著名女歌手邓国清、潘薇羽、说唱歌手明新杰联袂演唱，在中老铁路动车中实景拍摄MV。歌曲通过中国风演唱混搭说唱形式，让人耳目一新。
该歌曲在中国新闻网首发后，将在中国、老挝、缅甸、柬埔寨、孟加拉国、吉尔吉斯斯坦、哈萨克斯坦等国家的新闻媒体和社交平台相继推出。
图为《坐着高铁去看海》MV剧照 主办方供图位于中国西南的云南省，是中国连接亚欧大陆腹地与中南半岛、印度洋的枢纽。千百年来，蜀身毒道、南方丝绸之路、滇越铁路，到如今的“八出省五出境”铁路网，让边疆云南与外界的人员流通、经贸往来、文化交流绵延赓续。
云南，优势在区位，出路在开放。《坐着高铁去看海》词作者蒋明初表示，这首歌从茶马古道唱到滇越铁路，再唱到中老铁路，唱出了云南、也是中国千百年来对外交往交流的历史，也唱出近年来云南积极参与“一带一路”建设，补齐交通基础设施短板，加速对外连通的努力和意愿。
图为《坐着高铁去看海》MV剧照 主办方供图2023年是“一带一路”倡议提出十周年。作为“一带一路”标志性工程，中老铁路开通一年多来，促进了中老两国经济社会发展，见证了中老友谊历久弥坚，不仅成为两国互联互通的桥梁，也成为了民心相通的纽带。在今年的云南省两会上，云南省省长王予波作政府工作报告时表示，云南将持续扩大中老铁路黄金效应，并适时开行跨境旅客列车。
古稀之年的蒋明初告诉记者，他为这首歌作词时，恰逢中老铁路开通运营一周年，于是他在歌词中写下“中老铁路通江达海东西南北大融合”，期待中老铁路能够不断向前延伸，并发挥示范带动效应，加快中老泰铁路和中越、中缅国际铁路大通道建设的推进，帮助云南实现通江达海的开放愿景。
“说唱并不是西方独有的音乐形式，比如苏州评弹、京韵大鼓，这些都是中国自己的说唱音乐。云南民族众多，语言丰富，很多地方是‘说比唱好听’，像红河的建水说唱，昭通唱书等都是云南民族民间音乐里的说唱形式。”《坐着高铁去看海》的作曲者是49岁的云南流行音乐学会常务理事岳少鹏。他表示，这首歌之所以选择有些云南味道的中国风音乐混搭说唱的形式，是想表达云南人对外文化交流的愿望，也希望世界各地的人们能够来到云南，了解这里丰富多彩的民族风情、民族音乐和民族民间说唱。
这首歌的说唱部分，由1999年出生于云南保山的说唱歌手明新杰演绎。他之前曾尝试用保山方言表演说唱，受到当地年轻人的追捧。“说唱强调个性，云南年轻一代说唱歌手应充分挖掘本土民族民间说唱元素，再将之与世界各地不同音乐元素融合，相信一定能呈现出不一样的精彩。”
据了解，《坐着高铁去看海》将作为2023年“春暖花开”中印柬蒙四国迎春文艺晚会重磅曲目于20日晚上演，为海内外中华儿女和世界各国友人送去新春祝福。
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