Some of us were sickened to hear Hillary Clinton (in campaign death throes) hammer home the "fact" that "hard-working Americans, white Americans" are supporting her and, the converse, were running away from Barack Obama.

Is this the graceful exit people are talking about when they say the Clintons are devising a dignified way to end Hillary's candidacy?

Today, a Oregon pollster came up with yet another new twist on the category of "elitist" supporters drawn to Obama. Here is why Obama is predicted to win in Oregon:

"Portland is not Pittsburgh or Philadelphia," said Tim Hibbitts, an Oregon pollster. "In many ways, it is similar to Seattle. It is a center of the creative classes. And I expect Portland to be a real stronghold for Obama ... "

The Creative Class. Was this something offered in our Montessori kindergarten?