Clinton Gains Support in Polls, Obama Wins Key 'Superdelegates'(2/2)
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参考答案: 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.