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的战术来迎合共和党的权。

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

前为止，对这场杂的危机需要的是细致入微和脚踏实地，而非厉声尖叫和固守原则。