inflammatory rhetoric that he is using to divide people. >> donald trump for his part tweeting overnight, quote, when i said that hillary clinton got schlonged by obama, it meant got beaten badly. the media knows this. honestly, i don't know if we'll get any metrics how often that word is used in politics. >> well, we're sure using it a rot lot. appreciate the reporting. >> before yesterday, it was not a word on which used in politics. we are joined now by cnn political commentator michael smerconish who comes on to smerconish us all the time. he's the host of smerconish. hi, michael. >> merry christmas. >> and to you. let's talk about the new poll numbers. we have lots of different ways to slice and dice them.