should stay in it for the sake of the children. joining me is the author of the kennedy half century and a friend of mine. larry, great to see you. happy belated birthday. i did wish you happy birthday on twitter. happy be lated birthday on the show. i very much appreciate it. it was 70. you might as well tell people. i didn t want to do that. i wasn t going to make any references to mike lindell. now that we got that out of the way i m sitting on a pillow, jim. your only pillow, that s right. larry, are you surprised by mitch mcconnell s comments and how the midterms are shaping up for the republicans in the senate? they had plenty of time to prepare for this. yet, they put forward a lot of trumpy candidates in key races and appears to be back firing like a lot of people said it would. i m certainly not surprised
the candidates. the most diverse field ever, the top candidate in the poll are all white with the exception of senator warren, are all men. one of those candidates promoting the narrative that this race is narrower than it looks. it is early to say. you see it is coming to a 2 and 1. it is a world where we are getting some where, it is coming down to the two of us. pete buttigieg walked back that comment where it did not come out right. david corn, washington bureau chief and larry sabato and author of the kennedy half century and tiffany cross. i want to talk about julian castro.
call or go online today. call or go on line today. a special election in a republican held ohio congressional district tomorrow could hold clues in how the parties are going to fair in the mid-terms which is now three months away. wow, that s close. here to discuss is harry hinten, cnn politics senior writer and analyst. and larry sabino, and also the author of the kennedy half century. gentlemen, so good to have you on. harry, this ohio strict here, the district is what, ohio 12, it elected trump by 11 points, by a recent university poll. it shows republican troy balderson with a single point lead. over democratic.
of the kennedy half century. thank you so much for being here. let s talk about what we should expect for 2018. we asked you to tell us the three races that you, larry, will be closely watching in 2018. so what are they? katy, i picked three senate races simply because no single house district represents the country. i don t think it represents the battle for the house. though democrats are very much in the running to retake the house of representatives. let s focus on three key senate races. everybody talks about arizona and nevada and maybe tennessee. where democrats might be able to win a republican seat. that s well and good. what many people are ignoring is the fact that democrats have a tough challenge in front of them. they have to re-elect 26 incumbents for replacements on the ballot. 26. republicans only have to defend
dive a dive suit contaminated with a disabling fungus and tuberculosis in the breathing apparatus. the american lawyer didn t go through with it. in another surprising twist, the documents show that the fbi had once suspected kennedy s vice president, lyndon johnson, may have been a member of the kkk. an internal fbi memo from 1964 shows an informant said the kkk well had documented proof that johnson had been a member of the klan earlier in his career. fascinating, perhaps, but no proof was ever provided. randi kaye, cnn, new york. fascinating, isn t it? joining us, author of the kennedy half century, and director of the center for politics at the university of virginia. so larry, obviously this document did not address all the unanswered questions. some have said it may lead to more conspiracies. do you think the answers will be