[sabato] 'it was called the jingle ad.'ingle, so why not a candidate? ♪ well, it's up to you, it's up to you ♪ it's strictly up to you... that ad aired a lot during the daytime 'so, at the time, and it's somewhat sexist to say, 'it was aimed at housewives watching soap operas.' ♪ kennedy! 'what is the most important issue 'confronting the american people 'in this election campaign?' nixon was selling security, stability, "you know what you get with me. "you know what you had with eisenhower. "let's stick with what works" i'm gonna wear this in the st. patrick's day parade in boston. the press loved kennedy and kennedy loved the press. they thought he was charming. they thought he was fun. they wanted singalongs on the campaign plane. nixon was exactly the opposite. they thought he was awkward, weird, uncomfortable. the press liked jake and they did not like dick. [sabato] 'nixon's staff had urged him' to develop a better relationship with the press and, finally, nixon had agreed to go down and socialise with them at the poo

ho: less than 20 minutes left with larry sabato. there is a bookstore in oyster bay, theodore's books run by former congressman pete israel. we have covered events there. it makes me wonder which books your reading in the new year? guest: i am at the age where i have to reread books to remember them. at this point i really do go back so books that are statistically sound and present basic statistics. some of us who are older need to refresh our memories. normally, i enjoy reading history. if ftion writers depended on me they would be starving because i spend all of my time reading history and nonfiction. and i don't watch any television except for documentaries and news shows. that shows you how boring i am. host: fran on twitter rights and, does your guest have a handle on the polls? how do pollsters believe t polls? guest: you are right to question them. almost everyone does now because so many of the polls were wrong in 2016 and 2018. there were a lot of mistakes in 2020. i am going to go way out on a limb and suggest we could ha

next we'll talk to larry sabato of "sabato's crystal ball."s, you're live in the "cnn newsroom." ♪ >>> the only race in iowa right now is the race for second place, between nikki haley and ron desantis, on the eve of the first of the nation contest. a new "des moines register" poll shows haley taking the lead over the florida governor, but trump still leading by double digits. larry sabato is director for the center of politics at the university of virginia. larry, what was your response this "des moines register" poll? this is the gold standard. it comes out on the eve of every iowa caucus, and we all look it to see how it goes. i guess it wasn't a huge shocker to see this, trump out in the lead and haley overtaking desantis. what was your reaction? >> well, i do pay attention to that poll. while you should never rely on a single poll, it has the best record, and it has been very reliable, although, as we know four years ago there was a terrible glitch and we never got to see the results. that was for the democratic fight. but, look, i think

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host: less than 20 minutes left with larry sabato.s a bookstore oyster bay, theodor's books run by former congressman pete israel. we have covered events there. it makes me wonder which books your reading in the new year? guest: i am at thage where i have to reread books to remember them. at this point i really do go back so books that are stattically sound and present basic statistics. some of us who are older need to refresh our memories. normally, i enjoy reading history. if fiction writers depended on me they would be starving because i spend all of my time reading history and nonfiction. and i don't watch any television except for documentaries and news shows. that shows you how boring i am. host: fran on twitter rights and, does your guest have a handle on the polls? how do pollsters believe the polls? guest: you are right to question them. almost everyone does now because so many of t polls were wrong in 26 and 2018. there were a lot of mistakes in 2020. i am going to go way out on a limb and suggest we could have mistakes for0

[sabato] 'it must have been a bitter moment for nixon. 'he'd had eight years as vice president.' he had really thought that he would be sworn in that day. [thomas] but kennedy was better at dirty tricks than nixon and nixon knew it and it planted a seed with nixon that he never forgot. and that was the origin of watergate. >>> a very warm welcome to our viewer ins the united states and all around the world. i'm paula newton. ahead on cnn news room. >> when you are 80, that's what happens. you are just not as sharp as you used to be. >> my mind is stronger now than it was 25 year ago, is that possible? >> attacks and low blows. republican candidates make their pitches as the finish line nears in new hampshire. we are on the campaign trail. >>> plus fears of a widening escalation in the middle east. iran is promising to punish israel for a deadly missile strike in syria. >>> and later a big winter freeze is gripping much of north america with icy temperatures impacting millions. we are monitoring conditions ahead. >>> and we do begin here in the united states where the new hampshir

. >> larry sabato, many thanks for being with us. >> thank you, rosemary. >>> the teams for super bowl lviii are now set and it will be a rematch of the nfl's title game from four years ago between the kansas city chiefs and the san francisco 49ers. in sunday's nfc championship game, the 9ers found themselves in a big hole early against the surging detroit lions. detroit dominated the first half and led by 17 at halftime, but after that it was all san francisco scoring 27 unanswered points for an epic comeback winning 34-31. in the afc title game the defending champion kansas city chiefs found themselves in a defensive battle against the ravens in baltimore. kansas city managed to contain ravens quarterback lamar jackson for much of the game and the chiefs held on to win 17-10. kansas city is now headed to its fourth super bowl in five years. and the chiefs victory is music to the ears of taylor swift fans. it means her boyfriend, tight end travis kelce, will get to play for another league title. swift, of course, was there in baltimore sunday greeting her man with a kiss and hug after

joining us to discuss is larry sabato political scientist & director of the centre for politics at theof virginia. it might have wondered why these two candidates were so disinclined to attack donald trump? first candidates were so disinclined to attack donald trump?— candidates were so disinclined to attack donald trump? first is both desantis and _ attack donald trump? first is both desantis and nikki _ attack donald trump? first is both desantis and nikki haley - attack donald trump? first is both desantis and nikki haley want - attack donald trump? first is both desantis and nikki haley want this competition to to quickly be a one—on—one contest and the other being donald trump, they want a one on one contents or donald trump and thatis on one contents or donald trump and that is the only possible path with anyone other than donald trump becoming the nominee. and second of all, it is extremely important given the focus on iowa for them to look like a winner even if they haven't one is easy enough to do because they have a great ally in this, the press court. the press always wants

sabato at this stage in the race which is the very beginning of election year, he's got 260 democrat,can for the electoral college and 43 toss-ups. he says the toss-up category no surprise, smart, george, trump came up short in all of those in 2020. he said it's as possible pennsylvania becomes a toss-up as well. what do you think question rick >> it will be decided by a few thousand swing voters and a handful of states. it is that simple. the question for primary voters, who can appeal to the swing voters who will decide the election question rick there has been a lot of reporting democrats are panicky that trump can beat biden. i don't think they are worried. there is a perception on the right right now that so was unpopular and disaster of a president that he cannot win reelection. he can. it is true he has the most unpopular president in the history of polling going back to world war ii. 76% of americans say he is too old for a second term. he is underwater on every single-issue voters say they care about. and yet to come if you look at the real clear politics average, his statist

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