Come on man.

拜託喔。

Barack Obama is in high demand right now.

歐巴馬現在炙手可熱。

The former president is all over the campaign trail in the final stages of the 2022 race and he's relishing his role, forcefully taking it to republicans wherever he goes.

這位前總統到處參加 2022 大選前最後階段的一系列競選活動，而且他很享受自己的角色，無論到哪裡都會強行向共和黨人發難。

In Arizona, where former TV news anchor, Kari Lake, is running for governor, Obama equipped this:

在亞利桑那州，前電視新聞主播卡里·萊克正在競選州長，而歐巴馬準備了這個：

"If we hadn't just elected somebody whose main qualification was being on TV, you can see maybe giving it a shot.

「如果我們不是剛剛選出一個主要資歷都是在電視新聞上的人，她也許有機會。」

In that same speech, Obama said this about Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters,

同一場演講中，歐巴馬這樣評價共和黨參議院提名人布萊克‧馬斯特斯：

"If you were trying to create in a lab, a wacky republican politician; It looked a lot like this guy."

「如果你想在實驗室裡創造一個古怪的共和黨政治家，成品就會長得很像這個傢伙。」

Of the fact that a number of members of Nevada, Republican Senate nominee Adam Laxalt's family have endorsed Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Obama said this,

關於內華達州眾議員，共和黨參議院提名人亞當·拉克索爾特的家人支持民主黨參議員凱瑟琳·科爾特斯·馬斯托一事，歐巴馬表示：

"You know, we all might have a crazy uncle, you know, that kind of goes off the rails,

你知道的，我們都可能有一個瘋狂的叔叔，那種走火入魔的叔叔，

but if you've got a full thanksgiving dinner table, and they're all saying you don't belong in the US Senate when the people who know you best think your opponent would do a better job.

一起吃感恩節晚餐時，他們會說「你不屬於美國參議院」，當那些最瞭解你的人認為你的對手會做得更好。

That says something about you."

這說明了你有點問題。

And in Georgia, Obama said this of former NFL running back Herschel Walker's lack of experience as a politician,

而在喬治亞州，奧巴馬評價前美國國家美式足球聯盟（NFL）後衛赫歇爾·沃克缺乏從政經驗。

Let's say you're at the airport and you see Mr. Walker and you say, "Hey, there's Herschel Walker, Heisman winner, let's have him fly the plane."

假如你在機場看到沃克先生，你說「嘿，那是赫歇爾．沃克，海曼斯獎得主，讓他來開飛機吧！」。（譯註：海斯曼獎，又稱為海斯曼紀念獎，是每年一度頒發給美國大學美式橄欖球最傑出球員的獎項。）

You probably wouldn't say that.

你大概不會這麼說，是吧？

Obama's performance is a reminder that he is among the most naturally skilled politicians, if not the single most naturally skilled politician of his generation.

歐巴馬的表現提醒了我們，他是最有天賦的政治家之一，若非如此，也是他這一代人中最有天賦的政治家。

And he remains quite popular with the Democratic base and even many swing voters.

他仍然相當受民主黨支持者歡迎，甚至對許多中間選民來說也是如此。

In a pew poll at the end of 2021, 35% of people named Obama as the best president of the last 40 years, which was ahead of Ronald Reagan at 23%, and yes, Donald Trump at 17%.

在 2021 年底的普選中，35% 的人將歐巴馬評為過去 40 年中最好的總統，超過了隆納·雷根的 23%，當然還有唐納·川普的 17%。

Among Democrats and Democratic Leaners in that poll, the numbers were even more decisive, with 59% saying Obama was the best president of the last four decades.

在該民調中，民主黨跟共和黨支持者的數字更具決定性，59% 的人認為歐巴馬是過去 40 年中最好的總統。

The truth of the matter is that Obama is the best and really, if we're being honest, only democratic surrogate who can go anywhere in the country and step for any kind of candidate.

事實是，歐巴馬都是最好的，老實說他也是唯一一位可以在全國各地為任何類型的候選人輔選的民主黨代言人。

That's definitely not true of President Joe Biden who's got low approval numbers and has limited his campaigning to heavily democratic areas where he still remains a draw.

喬．拜登總統的情況就絕對不是這樣，他的支持率很低，且他的競選活動限制在民主色彩濃厚的地區，也就是他仍然能吸引群眾的地區。

It's also not true for Bill Clinton, who, at this point, has been out of the presidency for more than two decades.

比爾．克林頓也沒辦法做到如歐巴馬，他已經離開總統職位二十多年了。

It's not true for Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren, either.

伯尼．桑德斯或是伊麗莎白．沃倫也辦不到。

Both of whom is liberal policies don't sit well with the more red-leaning states across America.

這兩個人的自由主義政策在美國傾向共和黨的州並不吃香。

It's not clear, of course, how much of an impact Obama will have.

當然，目前還不清楚歐巴馬將會產生多大的影響。

Lake could well win the Arizona governor's race; Laxalt is in a dead heat in Nevada; Walker has weathered a series of allegations regarding relationships with women that might have ended other candidates' campaigns.

卡里·萊克很可能贏得亞利桑那州州長的競選；亞當·拉克索爾特在內華達州仍處於僵持狀態；赫歇爾·沃克受一系列桃色醜聞纏身，這很可能會導致其他候選人競選活動終止。

Just because voters like Barack Obama doesn't mean that they will vote for the democrats that he has chosen to endorse.

選民喜歡奧巴馬，並不意味著他們會投票給歐巴馬支持的民主黨參選人。

The national winds are clearly blowing in the face of democrats, and not even Obama may be able to change that reality.

國家的風向顯然是吹向民主黨的，歐巴馬可能也無法改變這一現實。

But his presence on the campaign trail and the performances that he is putting in are a stark reminder that he is by far the best surrogate the party has, and he hasn't lost much of his edge from his years outside of the White House.

但歐巴馬參與的一系列競選活動以及他的表現都鮮明地提醒著我們，他是迄今為止該黨所擁有最好的代言人，而且他在離開白宮的這些年並沒有失去多少優勢。

And that is the point.

這就是重點。

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