America is rapidly losing its position as leader of the world simply because the Democratic administration has pitifully failed to provide effective leadership. 正因為民主黨政府已無力在政治上給予卓有成效的領導，美國正迅速喪失其世界領袖的地位。
Lodge was in an ambiguous position in Saigon as a possible Republican presidential candidate representing a Democratic administration in a war that was an issue in the campaign. 洛奇在西貢的立場不十分明確，他可能成為共和黨后選人，而他又代表民主黨政府，該政府處於戰爭之中，而戰爭是競選中的一個問題。
