Clinton, Obama Stress Democratic Party Unity (2/3)

Obama struck a similar chord on NBC's Meet the Press program.

"I want a Democrat to win in November, so even if Senator Clinton were the nominee instead of me, I would still be campaigning for Democrats."

Obama leads Clinton in pledged delegates won from primary contests as well as the popular vote of all who have cast ballots in the nominating elections so far. Many political analysts have suggested it would be virtually impossible for Clinton to overtake Obama in pledged delegates in the remaining contests.

Yet Clinton has won the last three contests held in large, populous states - two of which, Ohio and Pennsylvania, are considered must-win states for any Democrat to capture the White House in November.

In addition, Obama has had to endure firestorms of criticism stemming from recent comments he made that were perceived as demeaning to working-class voters, as well as incendiary remarks by his former pastor.

The controversies appear to have eroded support for Obama in national polls. What remains to be seen is whether they will sway so-called super-delegates, Democratic Party elders who are not bound by primary election results and who also have a roll to play in deciding the eventual nominee.

To date, there has been no mass exodus of super-delegate support away from Obama.

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参议员奥巴马在NBC的《会见新闻界》节目中和（希拉里）语出一致。

“我希望一个民主党人可以在11月选举获胜，所以，即使是希拉里而不是我被提名，我也仍将为民主党的竞选而努力。”

到目前为止，在提名竞选人的投票中，无论是从初选团队中选择的宣誓代表的票数上，还是从那些已经在提名人选举中投票的中立选民上，奥巴马都领先于希拉里。许多政治分析家认为在剩下的竞选中希拉里不可能在宣誓代表的票数中超过奥巴马。

尽管希拉里在最后三个地广人多的州赢得了胜利，其中的两个州---俄亥俄州和宾夕法尼亚州被认为是任何民主党人在11月入主白宫的必赢州。另外，奥巴马不得不承受因最近做出被认为是贬低劳动阶级投票者的评论的批评风暴，以及来自其前牧师的煽动性评论。

这是否会动摇所谓的超级代表还有待观察，这些超级代表是民主党的资深代表，他们不受初选结果的束缚，并且，在决定最终提名者中起重要作用。到目前为止，还没有出现有大批超级代表放弃支持奥巴马的现象。

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