Clinton Gains Support in Polls, Obama Wins Key 'Superdelegates'(2/2)

Senator Clinton is hoping that a victory for her in Indiana on Tuesday and a close race in North Carolina would boost her argument that she is the toughest candidate to take on Senator McCain in November.

Clinton has been campaigning hard for votes across Indiana and North Carolina, pushing a proposal she and McCain both back to suspend the federal gasoline tax for consumers during the summer months of June, July and August. Obama has rejected the plan as a political ploy by Clinton and McCain, saying it will only save each family less than thirty dollars over the entire summer, while cutting critical federal funds to repair highways.

"This is not an idea designed to get you through the summer. It is an idea designed to get them through an election."

After a rough week with several public appearances by his controversial former pastor, Senator Obama has received the support of two influential "superdelegates", former Democratic Party chairmen Joe Andrew and Paul Kirk.

Superdelegates are Democratic party officials and elected office holders who are free to vote as they please for the Democratic nominee at the party convention.

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参议员希拉里希望周二她在印第安纳州的竞选能取胜，而在北卡罗莱纳州的票数接近，就能增强她的论断，即她才是在11月大选中能与参议员麦凯恩对阵的最有力人选。

希拉里一直在印第安纳州和北卡罗莱纳努力拉票，倡导一个她和麦凯恩都支持的提议，要求联邦在夏季6、7、8三个月中暂停收取汽油税。奥巴马拒绝了这个计划，认为这是希拉里和麦凯恩的政治策略。他称，这项计划整个夏天只能为每个家庭节省不到30美金，可是同时却会削减联邦政府用于整修公路的资金。

奥巴马认为“这个主意不是为着你们安然过夏天而设想的，这是他们为获得选举而设计的想法。”在经历了一周时间和前牧师出庭受审的艰难处境后，参议员奥巴马获得了两位有影响力的超级代表的支持，他们是前民主党主席乔伊.安德鲁和保罗.库克。

超级代表是民主党官员和选举出来的政府要员，他们可以在党员大会上按照自己意愿自由投票。

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