Leading independent Democrats fear that if their party nominates Senator Barack Obama to run against Republican candidate Senator John McCain, the Jewish vote will help contribute to a Democratic loss in November, CBS reported. The network study said that Sen. Obama's rival Senator Hillary Clinton has not stated out loud what she believes--"that if Obama is the nominee a likely Democratic victory would turn to a near-certain defeat."
CBS noted that Sen. Obama lost the Jewish vote in Florida by double-digits. It said that an Obama victory in the primaries would forge an unusual alliance of Hispanics, blue-collar whites and Jews who would help send Sen. McCain to the White House.