impact. plus what would come next? meanwhile, house republicans are poised to do something that never has been done before. hold a cabinet in contempt. our big questions, besides who will any notice politically after 10:00 a.m. and our new poll takes a look at where mitt romney stand. three swing states are only on the out skirts. we are talking michigan and north carolina among them. a very busy thursday. this is the daily rundown. i m chuck todd. maybe about 57 minutes away. let s get to the first reads of the morning. the supreme court will issue what may be the most important ruling on the power of congress in 80 years. the court will deliver a verdict on the president s signature legislative achievements, something democrats have been pursuing since harry truman was in the white house. it comes years after political fighting and became a courtroom battle. crowds lined up early at the court to hear the supreme court answer the fundamental question. is the health care
confirmation hearing, my job is to call the balls and strikes. the stakeholder his three months to prepare for everiy is narrow and despite a simple set of questions before the cower, it s args mazing how many scenarios everybody has come up with. the justice correspondent live at the supme court, it s amazing. there simple questions thatty wowe are waiting on. simple questions, but i wouldn t count on getting a simple decision here. one of the issues is and this court is argued at the end of march. overtime and it will take us a while to figure out where everybody landed. it will get a flurlity decision. we will begin on the mandate and up or down, but they may come at it with different reasons. we have to be prepared from that. the fundamental question is the mandate. is it constitutional and they have to answer the second question. okay, how much of the rest of the law has to fall with it and how much of the rest of the law can be saved. there is an additional question i