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Obama Preps for General Election

Barack Obama looks to general election, campaigns in Virginia

The next phase in the race for the White House, with Hillary Clinton set to throw her supporter now behind Barack Obama come to Saturday. The presumptive nominee himself was in Virginia, signaling the beginning of the general election campaign. ABC's David Wright is with the Obama campaign.

We are in Bristol, Virginia, where the stage is just now being set for Barack Obama's second big campaign event of the day here in Virginia, Obama hoping to make Virginia a battle ground in the fight for the general election. It's been a long time since it'd been another Democratic column in 1964 under Lyndon Johnson, but Obama is hoping to change that. He has a good many supporters here ,did very well in Virginia in the primaries. And at this one event alone, more than 20,000 people are expected to attend.

Obama’s showing signs today that the Democratic Party is now his party, saying that like his campaign, the party will no longer accept contributions from packs or lobbiers, and Obama campaign is here in Virginia with two people who may potentially be on the shortlist for the vice presidential slot on the ticket. Among them, former governor Mark Warner and US Senator Jim Webb, but of course, Obama first has to deal with the awkward question of Hillary Clinton, who's also expressed strong interest in that job.

David Wright ABC news, Bristol Virginia.

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奥巴马期待即将在佛吉尼亚举行的大选

希拉里被击败之后，入主白宫的下一阶段角逐将于周六到来。这位民主党的假定候选人现在在佛吉尼亚，预示着大选的开始。ABC记者David Wright现在在奥巴马竞选现场。

我们现在在佛吉尼亚的布里斯托，正在为奥巴马将要在此举行的第二场竞选活动搭台。奥巴马希望将佛吉尼亚作为大选之战的战场。民主党上次在竞选中赢得佛吉尼亚州还是在1964年林登-约翰逊精选总统时。但是奥巴马希望可以改变这种历史记录。他在这里有很多支持者，之前在佛吉尼亚初选时表现很好。仅仅是今天的竞选活动，预计将有超过20，000人参加。

奥巴马今天的表现表明，他已经是民主党的代表。他说，像这场竞选一样，民主党不会再接受任何说客。奥巴马今天的竞选活动要和两个人竞争，这两人有潜力成为副总统候选人，其中一个是前州长马克-沃纳，另外一个是参议员詹姆斯-韦布。当然，奥巴马首先要处理的是希拉里的问题，希拉里也对该职位表现出浓厚兴趣。