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No.223 オリジナル英文

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US Presidential Contenders Enlist Celebrity Support to Push Ahead
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In the final weeks before the Iowa party caucuses, the presidential contenders are pulling out all the stops in an effort to sway voters.

Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois drew large crowds in the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, thanks to some help from popular television talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

"I’m sick of politics as usual.

It’s the reason why, over the years, you have not seen many politicians on my show, ’cause I’ve only got an hour."

Obama is in a tight battle in Iowa with Senator Hillary Clinton of New York.

Clinton leads the Democratic field in national polls, but has seen her once formidable advantage slip in recent weeks in both Iowa and in New Hampshire.

Clinton has gotten some campaign help from celebrities as well, especially her husband, former President Bill Clinton, who remains very popular with Democrats.

But Hillary Clinton says in the end, the voters will decide among the candidates, and not the celebrities who endorse them.

"Everybody wants to have his or her supporters speak out and try to persuade voters to support whoever their candidate is.

But at the end of the day, it’s a choice among those of us who are running."

The battle for the Republican Party's presidential nomination appears even more unpredictable at this stage.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee continues to surge in Iowa and in another early contest state, South Carolina.

Huckabee talked about his approach to foreign policy on Fox News Sunday.

"To act in such a way that people respect us and that people also realize that we are a great nation, not one that wants to push ourselves on others."

The January 3rd vote in Iowa begins a compressed month of caucuses and primaries that will climax on February 5th, when more than 20 states will vote for their presidential preferences in both parties.

The nominees for both major parties will be confirmed at party conventions later in the year.


Jim Malone, VOA News, Washington
by danueno | 2007-12-19 13:27 | オリジナル英文


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