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今日头条：Clinton Seems Poised to Win Pennsylvania Primary 希拉里对宾夕法尼亚州的胜利泰然自若 
By JEFF ZELENY and PATRICK HEALY
Published: April 23, 2008
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared poised to win the Pennsylvania Democratic primary on Tuesday, as several television networks and The Associated Press projected that she would be the winner.
But it was unclear early in the evening how big a margin she would eventually reach. Many Democrats had said Mrs. Clinton needed to rack up a convincing victory to continue as a plausible candidate for the nomination.
Polls in the state closed at 8 p.m. and returns were still just starting to trickle in from precincts.
A victory would allow Mrs. Clinton to extend her campaign at least through the next round of contests, in Indiana and North Carolina on May 6. But a close finish is likely to split Pennsylvania's 158 delegates between the two candidates, offering little help to Mrs. Clinton as she attempts to surmount Mr. Obama's lead in the overall delegate count.
The margin will be determined later in the evening as returns trickle in from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the state's two biggest cities, which were expected to break toward Mr. Obama. Rural districts are also expected to report late, meaning Mrs. Clinton could see a late surge in support from their large working-class white populations.
Mr. Obama had played down expectations on Tuesday that he would win Pennsylvania, where Mrs. Clinton had been heavily favored for months.
Mrs. Clinton's campaign spent Tuesday arguing that any victory against Mr. Obama's fund-raising juggernaut could be considered a comeback.
Voter turnout was very heavy in parts of the state — about double the 26 percent recorded in the 2004 primary — and perhaps approach that of a general election, even though there is no presidential contest on the Republican side.
"It's a crazy day," said Stacy Sterner, chief clerk in Lehigh County, who noted that one polling place had 100 people waiting to vote when it opened at 7 a.m. Eastern time. "If I didn't know better," she said, "I would think it was November."
"She has to win Pennsylvania and Indiana — pretty much everyone in the campaign agrees on that," said one senior Clinton adviser, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the campaign's electoral expectations.
Mr. Obama, meanwhile, played down his chances for victory in Pennsylvania, calling the state's primary "an uphill battle."
"A lot of it will depend on turnout," he told reporters earlier on Tuesday in Pittsburgh. "It is a beautiful day. We think we have the best organization on the ground, so who knows."
On Tuesday afternoon in Philadelphia, Mr. Obama sought to clarify a daylong, dizzying game of expectations-setting.
(news from new york Times)
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