We have heard a lot about them this campaign, a kind of walk through the Reagan Democratic memory lane. But will Hillary Clinton really do better among this group of voters than Barack Obama?

According to Quinnipiac, not so much nationally. In key swing states, however, they seem to favor Clinton (particularly int those touched by Appalachia).

What does this tell you? That Barack Obama does not have a white blue-collar voter problem. He has a white blue-collar voter in Appalachia problem. Otherwise he probably wouldn't have performed so well in states such as Washington, Idaho, Iowa and Maine, and be expected to win in Oregon, Montana and South Dakota.

Will this hamper his general election prospects? In one way it will. But what about white-collar moderate Republicans and Independents of the Lincoln Chafee and Eisenhower family variety that seem to flock to his banner? There are many of these voters in the suburbs of Philadelphia and Columbus, OH, which can perhaps make up the difference and then some.