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.
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从2016年古井贡酒首次特约中央广播电视总台春节联欢晚会以来,之后每一年的春晚,古井贡酒都会带着它的“年酒”身份陪大家辞旧迎新、欢度春节。伴随2023年春节将至,古井贡酒再次牵手央视春晚,让“过大年,喝古井,看春晚”变成古井贡酒与众多消费者不见不散的约定。
春晚依旧是流量的“顶流”
一夜连双岁,五更分二年。
年三十这一天的夜,中国人管它叫除夕。以新易旧曰“除”,昼夜交替曰“夕”。除夕就是旧岁到此夜为止,明日早起另换新岁的意思。
年夜饭是除夕的重头戏。
早在南北朝时期,我国就有年夜饭的习俗。南朝梁宗懔于《荆楚岁时记》记载:“岁暮家家俱肴蔌,诣宿岁之位,以迎新年,相聚酣饮。”年夜饭也叫团圆饭、团年饭、合家欢,是家庭一年到头最看重的一顿饭。一家人团团圆圆围坐在一起,享受着难得的欢聚和亲情。
春晚则是现代中国人年夜饭里不可或缺的一道“开胃菜”。
1983年2月12日,首届中央电视台春节联欢晚会成功举办,开启了中国电视传媒的新表达方式。40多年时间里,春晚从内容到形式的变化,让每一年的春晚都令人耳目一新,塑造了一个又一个的经典。
有人说,移动互联网时代五花八门的娱乐方式,会分走中国人对这场晚会的注意力,但每一年的数据总不会说谎。根据相关统计,2022年春晚电视端直播平均收视率达21.93%。2022年新媒体直、点播用户触达49.32亿次,相对去年增加明显。首次推出的竖屏看春晚累计观看人次2亿,竖屏用户中30岁以下用户占比超50%,总点赞数3.6亿。
古井贡酒的“年酒”攻势
酒作为一种人类交往、沟通情感、表达祝福的重要“载体”,在年夜饭这样的重要场合下当然是不可或缺。对于年酒的选择,消费者也是精挑细选,总结而言:必须是有底蕴、有品牌、有价值的好酒,才能代表这一重要时刻。
作为徽酒龙头的古井贡酒历史悠久,底蕴深厚。公元196年,曹操上表汉献帝刘协,进献家乡美酒“九酝春酒”并上表酿造方法,“贡酒”由此得名。2018年,九酝春酒之酿造方法《九酝酒法》获“世界上最古老的蒸馏酒酿造方法”吉尼斯世界记录。2021年,“古井贡酒酿造技艺”正式入选“国家级非物质文化遗产”名录。
“中国名酒”是中国酒业不可复制的稀缺资源。1963年第二届全国评酒会上,首次参加评选的古井贡酒就被评为国家名酒,位列老八大名酒第二名,同时收获了一组迄今无法超越、堪称中国白酒的最美评语:色清如水晶,香纯似幽兰,入口甘美醇和,回味经久不息。2022年,古井贡酒的品牌价值达2270.27亿元,名列中国白酒品牌价值第四、安徽白酒第一。
年份原浆是古井贡酒的高端品牌,古20则是年份原浆系列的代表产品。采用“无极之水、桃花春曲”,在具有数百年历史的“明代国保窖池”中发酵而成,通过“择层取醅”、“择时摘酒”的方法,得到最精华的原酒,然后在地下酒库恒温窖藏,使其自然老熟,最后根据原酒窖藏的年限,经过国内顶级调酒大师精心调制,可谓是滴滴如金。
古20产品陈列除此之外,古井贡酒还推出以年三十场景来命名的超高端产品——“年份原浆·年三十”,推出了“年文化”主题的社交互动活动——“点亮年三十”、年份原浆•年三十杯全球楹联征集大赛等活动,多种形式打造“年酒”属性。与春晚连续8年特约,则进一步强化了“过大年,喝古井”的消费者心智,古井“年酒”的身份也随之深入人心。
“不见不散”约定为哪般?
超高的关注度,让春晚成为品牌想要冠名合作的“黄金档”。但古井贡酒连续8年的特约,在中国白酒品牌中可谓独一份,古井贡酒“执着”于春晚的原因为哪般?
有业内人士表示,中国白酒是中国社交文化的载体,也是本地生态与民俗文化的代表产物,这就需要品牌有很强的辨识度,并且给品牌价格提供支撑。特别是对于古井贡酒这样正在进行全国化与产品结构升级的品牌,需要在更加高端与高价值的范围内来拉升自身的品牌形象,提升产品市场竞争力。
在央视之前,古井贡酒已数次冠名安徽卫视春晚;特约央视后,古井贡酒又冠名江苏卫视春晚。从安徽卫视到央视,再到三台联动,古井贡酒的“全国化”之路不断进阶。
在销售层面,2016年特约春晚时,古井贡酒销售额刚突破60亿,短短三年时间,古井贡酒销售额便突破百亿。今年前三季度,实现营业收入127.65亿元,同比增长26.35%;净利润26.23亿元,同比增长33.20%,营收净利增幅在20家白酒上市公司中名列前茅。
可以预见,随着品牌影响力进一步强化,全国化进程将进一步提速,古井贡酒还将实现更大的突破。
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