Dick cheney'semergence as Leader of the Opposition delights two groups, one small and shrinking, the other large and growing. The small group is movement con-servatives, who regard the former vice president as their grumbling tribune. The large group is the Democrats, who see in Cheney the scowling face of a minority party that intends to stay that way.The only people unhappy about Cheney's prominence, in fact, are members of that dwindling, persecuted not-even-a-faction known as moderate Republicans. Colin Powell made an eloquent plea for this anachronistic viewpoint recently on Face the Nation. "If we don't reach out more, the party is going to be sitting on a very narrow base," Powell said. He proposed party leaders get together to frankly assess what the hell has gone wrong.
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机译：迪克·切尼（Dick Cheney）担任反对党领袖的经历使两个小组感到高兴，一个小组不断缩小，而另一个则不断扩大。一小部分是运动保守党，他们将前副总统视为抱怨的论坛。多数人是民主党人，他们在切尼（Cheney）看到打算保持这种状态的少数党的皱着眉头。事实上，唯一不满切尼（Cheney）突出地位的人是那种人数减少，迫害，不平等的人被称为温和的共和党人。柯林·鲍威尔（Colin Powell）最近在《面对国家》（Face the Nation）中对这种过时的观点做了雄辩的辩护。鲍威尔说：“如果我们不提供更多援助，该党将坐拥非常狭窄的基础。”他提议党的领导人聚在一起坦率地评估到底出了什么问题。
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