Obamacare dominated the 2010 midterms , driving its democratic authors to a historic electoral shellacking .
奥巴马的医保法案话题统治了2010年期中选举，并让推销这项法案的民主党遭到选举惨败。
Now , for the record , let me say that it feels pretty good to stop at least one shellacking this november .
坦率地讲，这至少使11月的这次惨败带来的郁闷之情一扫而光，感觉棒极了。
True , the president conceded that he had received a " shellacking " at the polls , and that " some election nights are more fun than others . "
当然，他承认在选举中“惨败”了，而且“有些选举夜要比这次的快乐得多。”
It was seen by members of both parties as a sign that mr. obama , in the wake of what he called his electoral ' shellacking , ' might be willing to tack away from his liberal base in search of compromise with republicans .
After his " shellacking " at the hands of the voters and a tour of asia that yielded little in the way of positive results , the embattled president found europe 's leaders going out of their way to show solidarity . Even russia presented a smiling face at the summit .
