求助LAST-4-1-21 谢谢

robertchu

The passage discusses the blaming of scandal on parties and the blaming’s effect on party incumbents’ reelection.

A is out, because it discusses individual incumbents, not parties.

B is irrelevant, because the accuracy of the blaming judgment is not of concern.

"Rightly blamed" or not in C is not concerned in the passage.

D, whether scandal "can practically always be blamed on incumbents" and "challengers" factor are not of concern in the passage.

E is the right answer.  E says when the blaming can be assigned to a party, that party should be punished (i.e. its incumbents voted out).  It explains the two scenarios described in the passage:

- When all parties are equally blamed, they are equally punished -- no one party is punished more than the others.  So the blaming has no real effect on party incumbents’ reelection.

- However, when one party is blamed, it is punished.  So it's incumbents lose.

P.S. my friend hedonism555 also provided another good explanation here: http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=66&ID=101681&page=1

robertchu

以下是引用hedonism555在2005-3-29 20:47:00的发言：
Dear robert, so glad to see your powerful analysis!  It is just like a brilliant ray of light pirecing into a gloomy fog. BTW, I always cherish our friendship all these days ! Too moved to say a single word now.

I'm flattered.

The friendship is mutual.