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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.
猪肉与蔬菜价格“玩跷跷板” 上月CPI同比涨幅或小幅回升******
中新网1月12日电(中新财经记者 谢艺观)1月12日，国家统计局将公布2022年全年及12月份全国居民消费价格指数(CPI)，2022年12月CPI走势会如何？全年CPI是否会在3%左右的预期目标内？
CPI涨跌幅走势图。来自国家统计局2022年12月CPI同比涨幅或小幅扩大
据农业农村部监测，2022年12月份，全国农产品批发市场猪肉批发均价为29.22元/公斤，环比下降13.8%，同比上升21.8%；蔬菜批发均价为4.10元/公斤，环比上升10.3%，同比下降16.4%。
“食品方面，弹性最大的猪肉与鲜菜走出相反行情，其中猪肉价格受疫情影响需求明显转弱，前期压栏惜售行为转为集中出栏，价格出现急跌。2023年春节较往年提前，导致鲜菜价格提早出现节日性上涨，2022年12月中下旬鲜菜、鲜果涨幅较大。”民生银行首席经济学家温彬表示。
“受需求影响其他食品涨跌互现，节日效应暂不明显。预计2022年12月食品价格环比小幅上涨。”温彬称，“整体看，预计2022年12月CPI同比增速将明显小幅上行至1.8%。”
2022年11月份，CPI同比上涨1.6%。据同花顺iFinD统计，19家机构对2022年12月CPI同比的平均预测值为1.85%。若上述平均预测值兑现，2022年12月CPI同比涨幅将小幅回升。
资料图：9月15日，成都市锦江区，民众在大型超市内购物。 中新社记者 刘忠俊 摄全年3%左右CPI预期目标有望实现
据国家统计局消息，2022年1—11月平均，CPI比上年同期上涨2.0%。2022年全年CPI会如何？能否实现全年CPI平均涨幅在3%左右的预期目标？
“预计全年CPI同比上涨2.0%，基本处于合理区间。”温彬认为。
在温彬看来，2022年，面对40年以来全球出现的最大通胀压力，我国通过保持定力的财政货币政策、及时有效的疫情防控措施、完善的工业生产体系以及相对安全的能源粮食保障，始终保持着相对温和的通胀水平。
资料图：海口市民在农贸市场购物。 张月和 摄2023年CPI走势会如何？
“展望2023年，我国通胀仍将保持温和水平，随着疫情防控放松促进需求回升，通胀中枢大概率小幅升高。”温彬表示。
申万宏源证券认为，CPI方面，食品供给相对稳定，可选商品、服务消费内需相对不足，虽然疫情防控措施优化或推动2023年消费需求逐步回升，但食品能源供给压力缓和，CPI“大缓和”趋势仍有望持续至2023年全年。
“初步预计2023年年初，CPI同比或因春节效应小幅冲高至2.7%左右，但之后将快速回落。”申万宏源证券称，2023年整体CPI通胀压力仍相对可控。(完)
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