And increasingly we feel the need to match the Republican right in stridency and hardball tactics.

我们越发感到需要用橄榄球战术来迎合权力。

MANAGING a crisis as complex as this one has so far called for nuance and pragmatism rather than stridency and principle.

目前为止，对这场如此复杂需要是细致入微脚踏实地，而非厉声尖叫固守原则。