[标准VOA]民主党初选接近尾声(2) [080604]

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Dean acknowledges the nomination process has created deep divisions in the party, and says Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will have to come together to heal the wounds.

"They know that," he said. "These are two real professional folks who have been around a long time. And I think they value their country more than their party and that is the most important thing."

He spoke one day after Democratic Party officials announced an agreement aimed at resolving a dispute over primary election votes in two key states: Florida and Michigan.
　
Both stood to lose all their convention delegates because they defied party rules by holding their primaries too early.
　
In a compromise, party officials agreed to include delegates from both states, but to give each delegate only half a vote.

The Clinton campaign - which won both states - took strong issue with the allocation of delegates. In a number of Sunday television interviews, campaign officials were defiant, and called the decision unfair.
　
Campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe said the battle for the nomination will go on until either candidate gets a majority of the convention delegates.

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迪安承认此次提名过程无疑加剧了民主党内的分歧，并说巴拉克·奥巴马和希拉里·克林顿必须团结起来修复这些伤痕。

他还说到，他们都明白这两位有真材实料的专业级人士已奋斗了相当长一段时间。我认为他们把国家的利益看得比党的要重，而这一点是最重要的。

他讲话的一天前，民主党官员宣布了一项旨在解决佛罗里达和密歇根两个关键州初选投票争议的协议。

两者都丧失了出席全国大会的代表资格，这是因为他们过早地举行了初选而触犯了党规。

经过和解，民主党官员同意接纳这两个州的代表，但只允许每个代表投半票。

在这两州中获胜的克林顿竞选小组对代表的分票问题大做文章。在周日电视台的一些访谈中，竞选官员们表现无礼，并称该决定是不公平的。

竞选主席Terry McAuliffe说提名之战会一直持续到任一候选人获得全国大会多数代表票选为止。