The party leadership is desperately trying to get several senior members of the government back on-message.该党领导层急切地想让政府中一些高级官员转变想法，支持党的官方观点。Those who were firmly on-message dutifully defended the prime minister's actions to the media.那些铁杆支持者尽心尽职地为首相对媒体采取的行动辩护。