利兹观察 就在两年前总统大选之后，埃隆·马斯克和维韦克·拉马斯瓦米作为一种新型政治的主角踏入华盛顿，掌管寿命短暂的政府效率部。昨晚，两人都遭遇了其政治生涯中最惨重的失败。
Liz’s view After the presidential election exactly two years ago, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy rode into Washington as protagonists of a new type of politics, running the short-lived Department of Government Efficiency. Last night, both suffered the worst defeats of their political careers.
马斯克已将其许多企业迁至得克萨斯州，并斥资逾2亿美元力保该州为共和党所有——这是2026年竞选攻势的一部分，其规模远超任何单一捐赠者在单一选举周期中的政治开支——但回报却在递减，甚至可以说是彻底为负。参议院候选人肯·帕克森的支持率随着马斯克投入的增加而下滑。拉马斯瓦竞选俄亥俄州州长失利，而四年前他的共和党前任曾以25个百分点的优势获胜，这种摇摆幅度大到无法仅用特朗普的不受欢迎和几乎到处涌现的蓝色浪潮来解释。
Musk had moved many of his businesses to Texas and spent more than $200 million to hold the state for Republicans — part of a 2026 blitz that dwarfs any political spending by a single donor in a single election cycle — with returns that were diminishing, if not outright negative. Senate candidate Ken Paxton’s numbers faded the more Musk spent. Ramaswamy lost his bid for Ohio governor, where his Republican predecessor won four years ago by 25 points, a bigger swing than can be explained by Trump’s unpopularity and the blue wave that crested nearly everywhere.
这两人似乎体现了一种新型的强硬保守派政治，它处于推特（现X平台）与金钱的交汇处，由富有且成功的商人推动，他们相信自己的财富和成功能转化为政治胜利和个人声望。
The two seemed to embody a new type of hard-edged conservative politics that lives at the intersection of Twitter and money, driven by wealthy and successful businessmen who believed their wealth and success would translate into political victories and personal popularity.
我是在哥伦布市一家高档万豪酒店里拉马斯瓦米阴郁的选举之夜聚会现场看着昨晚的结果出来的，到晚上9点45分，女洗手间里已经有人围成圈祈祷。结果表明，金钱及其最纯粹的化身将被迫礼貌地退回幕后，去支持更具亲和力的公众人物。拉马斯瓦米的反“觉醒”同路人、边缘华尔街人士詹姆斯·菲什巴克甚至更早落败，在佛罗里达州州长共和党初选中出局。
I watched last night’s results from Ramaswamy’s gloomy election night party at an upscale Marriott in Columbus, Ohio, where a prayer circle was going in the women’s bathroom by 9:45 pm. The outcomes suggest that money and its purest embodiments will be forced to slip politely back behind the curtain, to support more relatable public figures. Ramaswamy’s fellow anti-woke traveler and fringe Wall Streeter, James Fishback, lost even earlier, in the primaries for Florida governor.
美国企业史上最大笔资金——对人工智能的巨额新投资——也度过了艰难的一夜，因为特朗普拥抱该技术反而拖累了其政党。现在他们必须寻找新方式，将其项目重新包装为亲工人、亲社区的形象，以确保人工智能建设真正落地——并找到比“政府效率部双子星”更具吸引力的代言人。
The biggest money in American corporate history — the huge new investments in AI — also had a hard night, as Trump’s embrace of the technology helped doom his party. Now they have to find new ways to recast their projects as pro-worker and community-friendly to make sure the AI buildout actually happens — and to find spokespeople more appealing than the DOGE twins.
特斯拉和SpaceX的知名股份在周三盘前交易中下滑约5%，此前民主党在得克萨斯州获胜，这两家公司均总部设于该州。
Notable Shares in Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX slide about 5% in pre-market trading Wednesday after Democrats won in Texas, where both companies are headquartered.