十多位潜在的民主党总统候选人在一场相当于全党范围的中期选举胜利庆功会上，为自己及其愿景进行了早期推介。
More than a half-dozen potential Democratic presidential candidates made early pitches for themselves and their visions at what amounted to a party-wide post-election victory party.
在丹佛，民主党人的士气比海拔还高。上周，3000多名党内策略师、活动家、立法者和潜在总统候选人聚集于此，商讨该党如何利用其在中期选举中的压倒性表现。
Democratic spirits were higher than the altitude in Denver, where more than 3,000 party strategists, activists, lawmakers and potential presidential candidates gathered last week to strategize how the party could capitalize on its dominant showing in the midterm elections.
民主党翻转了至少八个参议院席位，同时获得了可能是三十年来任何一方在全国选举中赢得的最大众议院多数优势。
Democrats flipped at least eight Senate seats while also securing what could be the largest House majority in a national election for either party in three decades.
“美国回来了，”纽约州众议员、待任议长哈基姆·杰弗里斯在一场欢迎派对上喜形于色地表示。
“America is back,” Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the speaker-in-waiting, beamed at one welcome party.
对于一个经常内部派系林立的政党来说，丹佛聚会似乎几乎没有分歧。为期三天的活动中，嘘声最大的一次出现在丽思卡尔顿酒店酒吧灯光亮起时，数百名喝酒的民主党人齐声嘘响，抗议酒吧关门。以下是此次聚会的八大看点。几乎人人都在竞选总统。
For a party that is often fractious, there seemed little discord in Denver. Some of the loudest jeering over the three-day event came when the lights at the Ritz-Carlton hotel bar brightened and hundreds of drinking Democrats booed in unison at the thought of it closing. Here are eight takeaways from the gathering. Everyone (practically) is running for president.
十多位潜在的民主党总统候选人云集丹佛，为自己及其愿景进行早期推介。他们技术上尚未展开竞选——至少目前还没有。但他们都渴望展示自己能为国家贡献多少。
More than a half-dozen potential Democratic presidential candidates descended on Denver to make early pitches for themselves and their visions. They were not technically campaigning — at least not yet. But they were all eager to share how much they had to give to the country.
周五一度，宾夕法尼亚州州长乔什·夏皮罗在主舞台发言，同时密歇根州参议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金正在回答记者提问。亚利桑那州参议员鲁本·加列戈也在附近，等待接受媒体采访。
At one point on Friday, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania was speaking on the main stage while Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan was taking questions from reporters. Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona was nearby, too, waiting to speak to the media.