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
that hump. his negative rating is back to his all-time high of 39%. what matters is the margin in those swing states. do you watch those swing states. colorado, florida, michigan. new hampshire, new mexico, north carolina. in those states, the president has widened his lead to eight points. 50 to 42%. the president is doing quite well. everybody thought mitt romney had a great june. according to this poll, he didn t have a great june. that s just like your opinion, man. excuse me, dude, i just want to point out, that is the nbc news/ wall street journal poll. there s a new quin penipiac l out this morning. the quinnipiac poll out this morning shows the president pulling qhead in ohio. in pennsylvania, the president tops romney 45 to 39%. down in florida, the president edges romney with a four- point lead. we re going to win in virginia. we re going to win in november! let s finish what we started! let s remind the world! thank you for your help
no cameras in the courtroom, but all of those things will happen at the same time at 10:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow morning. that makes today one of those eve of days in american politics. on the eve of this big decision, you can sort of tell by what republicans and democrats were doing in getting ready for the decision tomorrow. you could sort of tell at least in reading the political body language that democrats pretty much think they re going to lose tomorrow and republicans pretty much think they re going to win. at least that s what it seemed like when congressional democrats held an event at the capitol this morning that was essentially their prebuttal of the court s decision to remember. they have begun fund-raising off the court s as yet to be announced ruling. they started asking for donations to fight for universal health care in the event the court strikes down the health care reform law tomorrow. that s was on the democratic side. on the republican side, the republic
reportedly read excerpts of their ruling from the bench. all those happen all at once at 10:00 a.m. no cameras in the çcourtroom, t all of those things will happen at the same time at 10:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow morning. that makes today one of those eve of days in american politics. on the eve of this big decision, you can sort of tell by what republicans and democrats were doing in getting ready for the decision tomorrow. you could sort of tell at least in reading the political body language that democrats pretty much think they re going to lose tomorrow and republicans pretty much think they re going to win. at least that s what it seemed like when congressional democrats held an event at the capitol this morning that was essentially their predouble of the court s decision to remember. they have begun fund-raising off the court s as yet to be announced ruling. they started asking for donations to fight for universal health care in the event the supreme cou court strikes
eleventh hour deal or has time run out for attorney general holder and that vote? all that is just minutes away. but right now whatever it is, one thing is absolutely sure, it is monumental. we are hours away from the supreme court deciding the fate of the national healthcare law. no matter what the court rules, republican leaders insist they have a say in the future of healthcare. here is speaker of the house john boehner. if the court does not strike down the entire law, the house will move to repeal what s left of it. and from the very beginning, representative michele bachmann leading the charge to repeal obamacare. tonight she said republicans are unified in that message. just a short time ago we spoke with representative bachmann in the cannon house office building balcony overlooking the capitol. nice to see you. good to see you, greta. you can feel the buzz on capitol hill. tomorrow at to 10:00 the decision. lots of energy. you expect what? well, i exp