克魯茲獲傑布布什支持 Jeb Bush endorses Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz, the Cuban-American senator from Texas, received a boost in his effort to rally Republicans behind his bid to beat Donald Trump in the Republican presidential race after Jeb Bush endorsed him for the party's nomination.
特德•克魯茲(Ted Cruz)在共和黨內凝聚人心、在共和黨總統候選人角逐中擊敗唐納德•特朗普(Donald Trump)的努力得到了一個提振。傑布•布什(Jeb Bush)表態支持這位得克薩斯州的古巴裔美國參議員獲得該黨提名。
The former Florida governor, who abandoned his own White House ambitions after failing to gain any traction, said he was backing Mr Cruz “for the sake of our party and country”, as he took aim at Mr Trump, the clear Republican frontrunner.
身爲前佛羅里達州州長的傑布•布什因爲在初選階段一籌莫展而放棄了自己入主白宮的雄心。他表示，他支持克魯茲是“爲了我們黨和國家”，他的矛頭指向共和黨內的明顯領跑者特朗普。
“We must move to overcome the divisiveness and vulgarity Donald Trump has brought into the political arena, or we will certainly lose our chance to defeat the Democratic nominee and reverse President Obama’s failed policies,” he said.
“我們必須行動起來，克服唐納德•特朗普帶入政壇的分裂和庸俗，否則我們肯定會失去擊敗民主黨候選人、扭轉奧巴馬總統的失敗政策的機會，”他表示。
Mr Bush is the second high-profile Republican establishment figure to back Mr Cruz, who is hated by the party elite but is seen as the most likely to defeat Mr Trump to the nomination. GOP leaders believe the New York property tycoon threatens the party’s future.
傑布•布什是第二個支持克魯茲的共和黨知名建制派人物，克魯茲受到黨內精英的憎惡，但被視爲最有可能在總統候選人提名角逐中擊敗特朗普。共和黨領導人相信，特朗普這位紐約地產大亨對該黨的未來構成威脅。
Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee, last week offered his support for Mr Cruz instead of John Kasich, the more moderate Ohio governor, who has only won his home state and remains far behind Mr Trump and Mr Cruz in terms of delegates.
2012年共和黨提名總統候選人米特•羅姆尼(Mitt Romney)上週表態支持克魯茲，而不是比較溫和的俄亥俄州州長約翰•卡西奇(John Kasich)，後者在初選中僅在自己所在的州勝出，就選舉人票而言遠遠落後於特朗普和克魯茲。
Mr Cruz has spent the past year vilifying the Republican establishment, but he increasingly needs their support as he tries to catch up with Mr Trump who has won 20 states compared with his eight. Mr Cruz also faces a steep climb to reach the magic number of 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination without going through a contested convention.
克魯茲在過去一年醜化共和黨建制派，但他越來越需要體制內人物的支持，以便趕上特朗普的人氣；特朗普在初選中已經贏得20個州，而克魯茲僅贏得8個州。如果要獲得1237張選舉人票（這個神奇的數字意味着贏得提名，而無需在黨代會上進行最後較量），克魯茲還面臨着艱鉅的任務。
Many establishment Republicans believe that Mr Trump and Mr Cruz would lose the November election to Hillary Clinton, the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, but they think Mr Cruz would do less lasting damage to the party.
許多建制派共和黨人相信，特朗普和克魯茲都會在11月舉行的大選中敗給民主黨總統候選人領跑者希拉里•克林頓(Hillary Clinton)，但他們認爲克魯茲對黨造成的持久損害將會相對較小。
In a statement on Mr Cruz’s website, Mr Bush described the Texas senator as “a consistent principled conservative who has demonstrated the ability to appeal to voters and win primary contests”.
在克魯茲網站上發表的一份聲明中，傑布•布什形容這位得克薩斯州參議員爲“一個一貫有原則的保守派人士，已證明有能力吸引選民，贏得初選”。
Mr Bush quit the race last month after he struggled to break through in the early contests, despite having raised well over $100m for his campaign and been viewed as the establishment favourite for the Republican ticket for months before launching his campaign.
傑布•布什在上月退出了黨內提名角逐，因爲他在最初的幾場初選中難以脫穎而出——儘管他籌集了1億多美元的競選資金，並且在投入競選之前的幾個月裏一直被黨內建制派視爲獲得提名的最佳人選。
