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Last week I was at a party in a Manhattan art gallery attended by the inevitable mix of artists, journalists and wealthy art collectors. I ran into a friend, a painter, who is a strong supporter of the Democratic party, but she told me she wasn't donating money to the Obama campaign this year. "He's been a huge disappointment," she said. "Not one major Wall Street banker has been held accountable for the financial crash, and he's extended the Bush tax cuts on the wealthy. I just can't get enthusiastic about him. I don't even know if I'll vote." 上周我在曼哈顿的一个艺术画展上，出席者不可避免地混杂着艺术家、记者和富有的艺术收藏家。我遇到了一个画家朋友，她是坚定的民主党支持者，但她告诉我今年她不会捐钱给奥巴马的竞选班子。 “他一直令人大大的失望，”她说。 “没有一个华尔街银行家被追究金融危机的责任，他延长了布什对富人的减税政策，我只是对他没有热情，我甚至不知道我会不会投票。” In another part of the room a group of art collectors, most of whom worked in the financial industry, were clutching plastic glasses of cheap white wine and complaining about Obama from the opposite end of the political spectrum. "He's a socialist," said one, a short, bald man who runs a huge hedge fund. "He hates people like us." His friends all nodded in agreement. 在房间的另一边聚集着一群艺术收藏家，其中大部分在金融行业工作，他们拿着装有廉价白葡萄酒的塑料杯，抱怨奥巴马的政治辐射的另一端。 “他是一个社会主义者，”一个人说，他是一个运行着庞大的对冲基金的矮个秃头男人。 “他讨厌像我们这样的人。”他的朋友们都点头赞同。 | 
