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榄球的战术来迎合共和党的权力。

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，应对这场如此复杂的危机需要的入微和脚踏实地，而非厉声尖叫和固守原则。