美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-05-27

 Just when you thought it couldn't get any bigger, the 2016 presidential field will expand even more this week.

 

Expected to clear their candidacies on the Republican side are former Pennsylvanian Senator and previous candidate Rick Santorum, former New York Governor George Pataki. And for the Democrats¹, a potential challenger to Hillary Clinton–the former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is said to announce his decision on Saturday. 

 

We're bringing in CNN Senior Political Correspondent Brianna Keilar. And, Brianna, you know, there are so many Republican entering this race, it's a big field, a whole lot of experience there, but is the party concerned it's too big?

 

They are, in some ways, uh, John, because even though a crowded field means that candidates get this time to sharpen their political skills, it's also a conundrum² for debate organizers, how do they fit everyone on one stage, maybe they just can't, as we've learnt. And more important, the longer this competition for resources, money and then time to make an impact drags on, the Republican nominee³ may find that they are in a disadvantage in the general election.

 

A packed Republican primary field (is) about to get even more crowded. So far, six candidates have already declared, and four more are expected to follow suit over the next two weeks.

 

First up, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who has an announcement event set for Wednesday. The runner-up to Mitt⁴ Romney in 2012 is encouraging Republicans to continue their tradition of going with their second place finisher from the previous cycle.

 

"Republican parties are conservative, we stick with traditions. I would encourage you to do that in this election.

 

Former New York Governor George Pataki will make his presidential ambitions clear Thursday in the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire.

 

"When I looked at the country and the world today, I think our country is at greater risk of losing our freedom than at any time in my lifetime."

 

Pataki and Santorum are likely to be joined next week by South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and former Texas Governor Rick Perry, which would bring the official G.O.P tally⁵ to ten. And that doesn't include potential front-runners Jeb Bush and Scott Walker, plus Chris Christie, John Kasich, and Bobby Jindal and possibly others.

 

Everybody's got a right, who qualifies, uh, to run. And, and, you know, we'll just ride this one out, with 15, 16–a football team worth of candidates starting off.

 

And watching all of this play out is of course Hillary Clinton. She and her husband Bill took part in the new capital New York Memorial Day Parade today. This is their first public event together since she declared, she's onto a southern swing South Carolina, Florida this week. 

 

But you also have Vermont Bernie Sanders, who is a candidate. He's holding his kick-off rally tomorrow, and then John, former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley announcing his presidential plan Saturday in Baltimore. So the Democratic field getting, um, maybe a little bit more crowded, but still it's pretty roomy.

 

I say bring them on, good for business. 

 

Yeah.

 

Brianna Keilar.

1 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 conundrum   

n.谜语；难题

参考例句：

• Let me give you some history about a conundrum.让我给你们一些关于谜题的历史。
• Scientists had focused on two explanations to solve this conundrum.科学家已锁定两种解释来解开这个难题。

3 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

4 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

5 tally   

n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致

参考例句：

• Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
• The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。