Obama Faces Pressure in Tuesday's Vote

Obama supporters shouldn't start to get too worried just yet, as not every polls predicts doom for Obama. Another poll over the weekend by CBS/NY Times demonstrates Obama has maintained a sizeable margin of 12-points in national polls with voters overlooking the Rev. Wright controversy. This directly contradicts the Gallup poll.

Obama has painted Clinton as a pandering politician. He points to her gas tax proposal as having little effect on gas prices and being bad for the environment. It remains difficult to predict how voters will react to the proposal.

If the latter poll proves to be true with the Rev. Wright controversy blowing over, then the pandering charge may stick to Clinton. This would mean Obama might win big in North Carolina and eke out victory in Indiana. That would be a disaster for Clinton. It would kill her momentum, and it could possibly kill her candidacy, too.

We will know soon. The results from the two key states will begin to trickle out on Tuesday night.