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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)

    What might West Virginia's primary mean? 2008

  • 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.

    Beautiful Burnout in the East End 2010

  • They are sseeing a return to large bonuses, but no new jobs for blue-collars like them. anne allan

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • Where was the blue-collars and Hispanic when Bill was running?

    Bill Clinton says race card allegation 'revolting strategy' 2008

  • 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

    Schneider: Obama's blue-collar problem persists 2008

  • The blue-collars workers at Caterpillar, most of them are union workers.

    CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2009 2009

  • 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.

    CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2008 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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