slightly ahead of trump on the polls you're going to see that reverse itself and here's why it pearlstein an external and talked about why did nixon win in the biggest landslide election in american history why did that happen and he analyzes it very well he says look it was a combination of people's fear they saw the weathermen they saw the s.d.s. they saw the black panthers in the street they saw the vietnam war protest they were aware of the counterculture of the left wing countercultural that was developing the drug scene in america all of these things scared the bejesus out of mom and pop middle america and you know who showed up at the polls mom and pop there weren't enough votes to balance out the fear factor another thing in you know we talk about roger ailes a lot not roger ailes but lee atwater lee atwater who worked with karl rove engineers all that for nixon you know who's in the white house right now engineering trump call rove right and you know there's obviously pearlstein is is phenomenal with that analysis but you also do have to wonder today you know when when nixon got