这些项目——包括阿拉斯加州一项500亿美元的天然气管道和艾奥瓦州一座150亿美元的钢厂——赢得了两党赞誉，但可能仍无法改变选举格局。
The projects — which include a $50 billion natural gas pipeline in Alaska and a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa — are earning bipartisan plaudits, but still may not move the electoral needle.
终于到了基础设施周。美国总统唐纳德·特朗普正在宣布重大的交通、能源和制造业项目，并承诺在共和党人处境危险的州创造数千个就业岗位。最了解这些州的共和党策略师担心，这一切都太少、太迟了。
It’s finally infrastructure week. President Donald Trump is announcing major transportation, energy and manufacturing projects and promising thousands of jobs in states with vulnerable Republicans. GOP strategists who know those states best fear it’s all too little, too late.
这些项目——包括阿拉斯加州一项500亿美元的天然气管道、艾奥瓦州一座150亿美元的钢厂，以及总统预计将在阿拉巴马州宣传的一项32亿美元的桥梁工程——赢得了两党赞誉，如果得以实现，可能会给这些州带来经济利好。
The projects — which include a $50 billion natural gas pipeline in Alaska, a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa and a $3.2 billion bridge project the president is expected to tout in Alabama — are earning bipartisan plaudits, and could prove an economic boon to the states, should they come to fruition.
但这些项目最早也要到2030年才能上线。尽管共和党策略师对这一举措表示欢迎——在这个选举周期中，共和党人迫切需要任何好消息来开展竞选——但他们怀疑，在汽油价格超过每加仑4.40美元、抵押贷款利率接近7.5%的情况下，这些努力能否改变局势。
But the earliest any of those projects would be online is 2030. And while GOP strategists welcome the move in a cycle where Republicans are desperate for any good news to campaign on, they’re skeptical that the efforts will move the needle with gas above $4.40 per gallon and mortgage rates near 7.5%.