Mr Obama's victory this week was no less astonishing for the fact that it was widely predicted by the opinion polls. Everywhere, we have heard the sound of doors slamming on the past; on the bitter legacies of slavery and segregation; on a Republican ascendancy born of the struggle over civil rights and Vietnam; on the Reagan era of unfettered markets; and on the world's deepening disenchantment with Washington.
歐巴馬上週獲勝給人們帶來的震驚，絲毫沒有因爲民意調查已普遍預見到結果而有所減弱。在任何地方，我們都能聽到人們在捨棄過去的種種：奴隸制和種族隔離的餘毒；在民權和越南問題上的努力帶給民主黨的優越感；信奉自由市場的里根(Reagan)時代；世界對美國政府幻想的日漸破滅。
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