Clinton, Obama Stress Democratic Party Unity (3/3)

Asked whether super-delegates should feel empowered to overturn the will of the voters expressed through pledged delegates, Clinton suggested the nomination battle is more than a numbers game.

"There are a number of factors that people look at, wwqwqwwe have delegates selected by millions of people in primaries and delegates selected by a few thousand people in caucuses. When the process finishes in early June, people can look at all the various factors and decide who would be the strongest candidate."

Obama downplayed any suggestion that the recent controversies surrounding his campaign would torpedo his candidacy.

"I think the super-delegates are going to take a look, not at momentary snapshot polls,but who has run the kind of campaign that can bring about change in America and can actually govern after the election,"

Most political observers say Obama remains favored to win Tuesday's primary in North Carolina, although by perhaps a smaller margin than had been anticipated just weeks ago. Recent polls in Indiana give a slight edge to Clinton.

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被问及超级代表是否能够推翻通过宣誓代表表达的普通选民的意愿，希拉里暗示候选人竞争远非一场数字游戏这么简单。

“选民们会考虑许多因素。我们有由数百万基层选民选出的（宣誓）代表和政党预备会议上的几千人选出的（超级）代表。在6月初选举过程结束的时候，人们会考虑各种各样的因素并决定谁会是最强有力的候选人。”

奥巴马对于任何有关最近围绕他的竞选运动的争论会破坏他的候选人资格的意见都不予于理睬。

“我认为超级代表将会关注（竞选活动），而不是一瞬间的简单投票。他们将会关注是谁的竞选活动能给美国带来改变并在选举以后真正做到这点。”

大多数政治观察家认为奥巴马仍有望赢得星期二北卡罗来纳州的普选，尽管可能与几周前预期的相比领先的差距更小。而在印第安纳州的最近投票表明希拉里稍占优势。

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