Sprint to finish; By the pack of - Tradução em português

Romney, Santorium, and Paul were in an election/caucus. "To sprint" is to run very quickly for a short distance. The writer is comparing the election to a race in which they were running in an election to the finish line. (to sprint to the finish = correr muito rápido até o fim de uma carreira muito curta)

Pack = alcatéia (alcatéia de lobos) The writer is obviously comparing the candidates to a pack/group of wild animals. In fact, Gingrish is called a wolf later in the text.

Please, what does the acronym "GOP" means in this context?

Thanks in advance

ernando escreveu:Please, what does the acronym "GOP" means in this context?

Thanks in advance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican ... _States%29

First paragraph, third line.


It's the Republican Party itself.

Thanks Rodzilla!

ernando escreveu:Please, what does the acronym "GOP" means in this context?

Se me permite um aparte, nas perguntas com verbo auxiliar, o verbo principal não se flexiona.

Portanto,

What does X mean?

Podemos, outrossim, dispensar o Please neste tipo de pergunta, sem que, com isso, pareçamos "grossos" ou "indelicados".

De outra forma, pode(ría)mos re(e)escrever a pergunta assim:

Can anyone tell me what (the acronym) GOP means/stands for?
Does anyone know what...?

SMJ

I got it, thanks Marcio_Farias