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This won't look good for Obama ..... he needs not just African-Americans and young voters to beat McCain, but he needs to find a way to get Hillary's supporters of Hispanics, Jews, and whites (Catholics and blue-collars)
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When I got inside, I couldn't believe what I was seeing: it was 10 at night, and there were all these people – women, black people, Hispanics, white-collars, blue-collars – practising their moves.
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They are sseeing a return to large bonuses, but no new jobs for blue-collars like them. anne allan
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Where was the blue-collars and Hispanic when Bill was running?
Bill Clinton says race card allegation 'revolting strategy' 2008
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June 3rd, 2008 7: 34 pm ET apparently blue-collars enjoy moving towards poverty. they don't mind our troops being killed in iraq. they want things to remain the same. whatever! obama '08
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The blue-collars workers at Caterpillar, most of them are union workers.
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The real Republicans, they ` re wearing the flannel shirts, they ` re the ones on the tractors, they ` re the ones that are blue-collars now.
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He speaks in a clear, punchy style, and is the kind of business hero (like Lee Iacocca before him) who appeals to blue-collars and computer nerds alike.
Look Who's Running 2008
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Ben – John Kerry has HATED the military and it’s troops since he had to mingle his blue-blood with the blue-collars in Viet Nam.
Think Progress » Sen. Allen On Assault Of Constituent: ‘Things Like That Happen’ 2006
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Like many metropolitan areas, the Fillmore had been solidly middle-class between the world wars but slowly fell in socioeconomic status, first to the white blue-collars, then to prosperous African-Americans, then to public housing, and finally, into a kind of American version of the Third World.
The Emerald Triangle Archer, Miles 2003
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