时代周刊:民主党初选形势日益明朗(4)（在线收听）

Sanders, for his part, remains unbowed.

桑德斯却并未轻易认输。

"I think we go forward basically neck and neck," Sanders told reporters at a press conference in Burlington on March 4.

“我个人认为我们是不相上下的，”桑德斯3月4日在伯灵顿记者会上对记者说道。

"What this campaign, I think, is increasingly about is, which side are you on?"

“在我看来，这场竞选越来越讲究的是，你站哪一边？”

He contrasted his record and Biden's,

他对比了他和拜登二人的初选记录，

pointing to their divergent positions on the Iraq War, "disastrous trade agreements" and consumer protection.

指出了两人在伊拉克战争、“灾难性的贸易协定”和消费者保护等问题上的不同立场。

He attacked Biden for his position on Social Security and released a new ad tying himself to former President Barack Obama—

他一边抨击拜登对社会保障问题所持的立场，一边释放新广告，试图将自己同前总统奥巴马捆绑在一起——

a U-turn for a candidate who has assailed the party Obama led and reportedly considered primarying the President in 2012.

对于一位曾经抨击奥巴马领导下的民主党，据说还曾考虑参加2012年总统初选的候选人而言，桑德斯的立场堪称是来了个180度的大转弯。

Sanders' strong base and delegate total still give him a shot to win the nomination.

手握雄厚的选民基础和代表总数的桑德斯仍有机会赢得提名。

His grassroots fund raising remains unparalleled:

其民间筹款的规模仍处于遥遥领先地位：

the campaign raked in $46.5 million in February from more than 2.2 million donations.

其竞选团队2月份就已收到超过220万笔捐款，总金额高达4650万美元。

Backers argue he will benefit from a one-on-one contrast with Biden.

支持者认为，与拜登一对一地较量会给桑德斯带来一定的优势。

But Biden's wins on Super Tuesday marked a dramatic shift in momentum.

然而，拜登在超级星期二连连获胜，表明竞选势头已经发生了戏剧性的转变。

"The entire month of February was a perfect storm for Bernie Sanders,"

“对伯尼·桑德斯而言，2月自始至终都是祸不单行的一个月，”

says Addisu Demissie, an uncommitted California-based strategist who managed the campaign of Senator Cory Booker.

曾负责参议员科里·布克的竞选活动的加州个体战略咨询师阿迪苏·德米西说道。

"And then the first three days of March were a perfect storm for Joe Biden and may have reversed all of that.

“结果，三月的前三天，祸不单行的人又变成了乔·拜登，或许就是这三天扭转了整个竞选局势。

It's hard to believe how much has changed."

很难相信局势已经发生了如此大的变化。