It's Clinton's to Lose (1992/2007)

上周讀American politics | The comeback kids | Economist.com

The American presidency is Hillary Clinton's to lose. But that doesn't make her a shoo-in just....

問丁丁等人 The American presidency is Hillary Clinton's to lose. 的意思--其實這篇文章中解釋這句
不過丁丁更認真寫篇解釋參考丁丁的Mine to Lose, Yours to Gain

歷史最有趣的是1992年10月19日的 Time 的下篇分析 --大選前三周--為什麼 Clinton 會獲勝:

It's Clinton's to Lose - TIME

It's Clinton's to Lose

Monday, Oct. 19, 1992 By MICHAEL KRAMER

“This is a huge victory!” Mr. Netanyahu said in a statement. “Congratulations on history’s greatest comeback!”

G-7 finance chiefs issued an emergency statement warning investors against pushing up the yen too much, suggesting that the U.S. and Europe, in addition to Japan, are uneasy about the currency's broad advances.

broad

adj., broad·er, broad·est.

Wide in extent from side to side: a broad river; broad shoulders.
Large in expanse; spacious: a broad lawn.
Having a certain width from side to side: A sidewalk three feet broad.
Full; open: broad daylight.
Covering a wide scope; general: a broad rule.
Liberal; tolerant: had broad views regarding social services. See synonyms at broad-minded.
Relating to or covering the main facts or the essential points.
Plain and clear; obvious: gave us a broad hint to leave.
Obsolete. Outspoken.
Vulgar; ribald: a broad joke.
Strikingly regional or dialectal: a broad Southern accent.
Linguistics. Pronounced with the tongue placed low and flat and with the oral cavity wide open, like the a in father.

A wide flat part, as of one's hand.
Often Offensive Slang. A woman or girl.

adv.
Fully; completely.

[Middle English brod, from Old English brād.]

broadly broad'ly adv.
broadness broad'ness n.

broad

━━ a. （幅・面積の）広い; ((数値につけて)) 幅…の; 心の広い; 明るい, 明白な; なまりのある; あからさまな, 下品な (a ～ joke); 広義の, 広範囲に及ぶ, 一般的な; 大体の.

come back (FASHION) phrasal verb
If a style or a fashion comes back, it becomes popular again after being unpopular for a period of time:
Padded shoulders are coming back, apparently.
Long hair on men seems to be coming back into fashion.

comeback Show phonetics
noun [C]
a successful attempt to get power, importance or fame again after a period of having lost it:
She's trying to make a comeback with her first album for twenty years.

kid (CHILD) Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 INFORMAL a child:
He took the kids to the park while I was working.

2 INFORMAL a young person:
He was only 16, just a kid really.

3 MAINLY US INFORMAL sb's kid sister/brother someone's younger sister or brother