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This morning the president met with senate leaders from both parties, discussing, of course, the supreme court vacancy and gauging how contentious the confirmation process might be. the new quinnipiac poll today shows 29% of americans think the court is too liberal, 19% too conservative, 40% say just right. with me now, savannah guthrie, nbc news white house correspondent and cohost of the "the daily rundown." thank you very much. good to see you both. first of to, savannah, you've just come out of the white house briefing and of course the meeting the president had today, what is your takeawa...

He didn't co >> thank you, savannah. savannah guthrie. join savannah and chuck todd weekdays on "the daily rundown" only on msnbc weekdays at 9:00 a.m. comes up, politico's jonathan martin are why the feds are taking aim at republicans in florida. plus, a high-tech makeover today for the $100 bill to combat counterfeiting. the redesign includes a new 3d security ribbon and disappearing liberty bell. els. they work fast. so i can get relief from the pollen that used to make me sneeze, my eyes water. with new zyrtec® liquid gels, i get allergy relief at liquid speed. that's the fast, powerf...

Anxious to avoid that. if you look at the cnn poll from yesterday, you'll see that the numbers remain virtually unchanged since 2005 when george w. bush was president. and that is that most americans want a moderate appointed to the supreme court. now, all these polls, of course, are interesting, because they don't define the terms. one person's liberal is another person's moderate. >> exactly. >> one person's moderate is another person's conservative. it's really hard to get true meaning out of what these polls are telling us. >> i was very interested, both of you, in what arlen specter had t...

Record when he worked in the department of justice or white house council where he showed ti signs at that time of being far to the right. i still think we ought to do a better job in identifying ideology. >> to both of you, is there any way in these hearings the senators can ask questions and not just get boilerplate responses that really are not predictive of what kind of justice they'll be? because what senator specter said to savannah and chuck is that he has really been surprised at at least two mayor rulings from roberts, that he's been much more conservative than he indicated he would b...

House? >> you have to assume this is a longer term goal. there's every indication that mayor daley is going to run another term. i think what he was doing is beginning to stake out some territory in the event there's a surprise decision by the mayor not to run and b, even if the mayor runs and wins another term, to sort of put his stake in the ground saying when ever the era comes to an end, he'd like to be part of the next wave. >> thank you very much. and join savannah and chuck todd weekdays at 9:00 eastern for the daily rundown. tomorrow, they'll talk with tom goldstein about the president...