For many political professionals,the most surprising part of all this is that Clinton has long been considered a man without the sort of die-hard base of support that fortified Ronald Reagan.

• 对于许多职业政治家来说，所有这一切当中最令人吃惊的是，长久以来人们一直认为克林顿不像罗纳德·里根那样有一批铁杆支持者。