政治的代价

 政治的代价

鲍勃-伍德沃德

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看看华盛顿是如何以及为何不运作的。

鲍勃-伍德沃德为他的全国性畅销书《政治的代价》撰写了长达35页的新鲜报道和后记，详细介绍了2012年底奥巴马总统和共和党人之间戏剧性的 "财政悬崖 "对峙中发生的情况，而且往往是逐字逐句的。

现在这一切又在发生。2013年秋季，华盛顿面临着新一轮的预算和财政战争，可能会使美国和全球经济脱轨。

"我们主要是阻挠多数，"议长约翰-博纳的幕僚长迈克尔-萨默斯(Michael Sommers)在总结众议院共和党的立场时说。

这是不妥协的土地。

关于十年内的医保削减，博纳向奥巴马建议，你是4000亿美元，我是6000亿美元。"我们能在这里分出胜负吗？我们能不能以5000亿美元的价格成交？"

"四千亿就是了，"奥巴马回答。"我只是看不出我们如何在这上面走得更远。"

在做出1200亿美元的其他让步后，奥巴马恳求博纳："政治是怎么回事？"

"我的人就是不在那里，"博纳回答。

"我们有1500亿美元的差距，伙计。我不明白。有一些东西我不明白。"

政治的代价》记录了欧巴马总统和美国国会如何试图恢复美国经济并使其走上财政稳定的道路，但最终失败的内部故事。伍德沃德再次刺穿了华盛顿决策的神秘世界，他的故事是根据会议记录、文件、工作文件以及对包括欧巴马总统和众议院议长约翰-博纳在内的关键人物的采访精心制作的。伍德沃德揭露了欧巴马总统和国会之间破碎的关系。

The Price of Politics

Bob Woodward

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See how and why Washington is not functioning.

Bob Woodward’s freshly reported, thirty-five-page Afterword to his national bestseller, The Price of Politics, provides a detailed, often verbatim account of what happened in the dramatic “fiscal cliff” face-off at the end of 2012 between President Obama and the Republicans.

Now it’s happening again. In fall 2013, Washington faces a new round of budget and fiscal wars that could derail the American and global economies.

“We are primarily a blocking majority,” said Michael Sommers, Speaker John Boehner’s chief of staff, summarizing the House Republican position.

It was the land of no-compromise:

On health care cuts over ten years, Boehner suggested to Obama, you are $400 billion, I’m at $600 billion. “Can we split the difference here? Can we land at $500 billion?”

“Four hundred billion is it,” Obama replied. “I just can’t see how we go any further on that.”

After making $120 billion in other concessions, Obama pleaded with Boehner, “What is it about the politics?”

“My guys just aren’t there,” Boehner replied.

“We are $150 billion off, man. I don’t get it. There’s something I don’t get.”

The Price of Politics chronicles the inside story of how President Obama and the U.S. Congress tried, and failed, to restore the American economy and set it on a course to fiscal stability. Woodward pierces the secretive world of Washington policymaking once again, with a close-up story crafted from meeting notes, documents, working papers, and interviews with key players, including President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner. Woodward lays bare the broken relationship between President Obama and the Congress.