The race for the White House begins in earnest today.

为入主白宫而展开的竞选今天正式开始。

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The black and white flag went down, and the race began.

黑白旗落下，赛跑开始了。

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Sixteen per cent of white voters said that race had an influence on their decision-and almost half of those 16% suggested that they would not support Mr Obama in the general election.

16%的白人选民说种族对他们的选择有影响——这16%的人中几乎有一半说他们在大选中不会支持奥巴马先生。

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Taney said the Constitution gave the right of citizenship only to members of the white race.

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Yeah, if they have a race riot round here, I'm gonna kill all the white folks with my poison."

当然，假如他们有那样的种族暴动，我会用毒药除掉他们，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The quote goes on: "As a race, the African is inferior to the white man.

他说道,"从人种这方面说,黑人比白人低劣

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

After Vice President Dick Cheney personally intervened to persuade Pawlenty to stay out of the Senate race, the White House has stepped in with assistance in the tight, three-way race to replace Gov. Jesse Ventura.

CNN: Bush campaigns to return Senate control to GOP

Joe Andrew, who was Democratic National Committee chairman from 1999-2001, planned a news conference Thursday in his hometown of Indianapolis to urge other Hoosiers to support Obama in Tuesday's primary, perhaps the most important contest left in the White House race.

NPR: Superdelegate Swings Vote from Clinton to Obama

He had described Iowa as a must-win contest for him to continue in the 2004 race for the White House and just before the caucuses began, Gephardt predicted he would win.

CNN: Gephardt formally bows out of Campaign 2004