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.
返乡创业高材生：让新鲜蔬菜从田间直达餐桌******
(新春走基层)返乡创业高材生：让新鲜蔬菜从田间直达餐桌
中新网襄阳1月11日电 题：返乡创业高材生：让新鲜蔬菜从田间直达餐桌
作者 胡传林 陈霜
1月11日一大早，湖北省襄阳市东津新区东津镇畜牧场汤畈村，张安辉和村民们正忙着在田间采摘新鲜蔬菜。花菜、大白菜、茄子、苦瓜、西红柿、西芹等十几种新鲜蔬菜被按单配置，将装车运至居民家中。
今年45岁的张安辉是襄阳市东津新区东津镇人，2001年从华中农业大学毕业后分配到当时的襄北农场，端上了那个年代很多人羡慕的“铁饭碗”。可张安辉并不甘心，仅仅半年之后，他就辞去公职，跑到广东学习生猪养殖技术，并靠养猪在当地赚到了人生的“第一桶金”。
流转的土地先施农家肥改善土质 胡传林 摄2008年，张安辉回乡投建养猪厂。但创业之路并不顺利，因资金链断裂，张安辉最初兴建的养猪厂中途夭折。两年后，他又在家附近的东津镇畜牧场建设养猪厂，凭借精细化管理和对市场规律的准确把握，如今已发展成为年出栏生猪达10万头，实现年经营产值过亿元的现代化养殖场，吸纳周边上百村民就业。
“现代农业天地广阔，除了养殖业，生态农业、休闲农业、互联网农业等都大有可为。”富裕起来的张安辉又开始探寻新的农业发展之路。
东津镇素有襄阳“菜篮子”之称，但农民辛苦种菜，要么卖不出去，要么赚不了几个钱，张安辉看在眼里，急在心里。如何让这个“菜篮子”更新鲜、更绿色，同时又能让村民得到更多实惠，成为他努力的方向。
刚刚起步的蔬果种植基地 陈霜 摄2022年以来，张安辉尝试种植有机蔬菜，并大胆采用新型产业模式——在配送大型超市的同时，推出“新鲜时蔬进小区”服务，让新鲜蔬菜从田间直达市民餐桌。
目前，张安辉牵头成立的农业合作社流转土地500余亩。其中，养殖场占地200亩，采取“合作社+基地+农户”的运营模式，蔬果种植基地300多亩。养殖场产生的粪便做成有机肥输送到田间地头，废弃菜叶加工后变成猪鸡鸭饲料，养殖种植相得益彰，实现污废循环利用。
张安辉说，如今很少年轻人从事农业生产，希望通过自己的带动能让更多年轻人了解农业、投身农业。(完)
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