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Penalty shots. it's kick ball without strategy. >> is america so much better because we have a white house now focused on concussions in football snf? >> i didn't think that much into this. >> i love soccer and i we have to understand in america it's -- this is the biggest thing going around the world. >> so is e. coli. >> you know, dana, the survey we based this thing on, only 2% of americans call soccer their favorite sport. 2%. i think it only beats bowling and -- >> i have a confession. i have to admit it's fun to watch with the volume off. secretly on a saturday i'll put on a game because...

Penalty shots. it's kick ball without strategy. >> is america so much better because we have a white house now focused on concussions in football snf? >> i didn't think that much into this. >> i love soccer and i we have to understand in america it's -- this is the biggest thing going around the world. >> so is e. coli. >> you know, dana, the survey we based this thing on, only 2% of americans call soccer their favorite sport. 2%. i think it only beats bowling and -- >> i have a confession. i have to admit it's fun to watch with the volume off. secretly on a saturday i'll put on a game because...

To certainly made for good tv. >> so my impression of this basketball ad is this guy has confrontation with the president. so he wants to challenge the president to basketball. it's a different way of showing i'm going to be in competition with the president. but it also -- everybody loves basketball. heck will, florida had a pretty good basketball team. what kind of response has he gotten from running an ad like this and also playing on his experience as a former athlete? >> he's ahead in the polls. it was eye catching. his media consultant worked on the infamous one in michigan. but no gaffe...

But it's absolutely the most visible face of the campaign. >> is it a face you can trust in the craft of political ads eed considerably sings 1964, when lyndon johnson conjured the speckor of nuclear annihilation to discourage americans voting for barry foldwater. consider the basketball ad -- >> i always enjoyed watching the kids play basketball. it still do. even though things have changed. it's funny, they can't find jobs to get their career started. and i can't afford to retire. now we ore all living together again. >> basketball ad produced by veteran g.o.p. consulting firm mccarthy henni...

Founded by karl rove. the 60-second spot is called basketball. it's narrated by an actress playing a mom whose kids have moved back home after they couldn't find a job. >> it's funny, they can't find jobs. i supported president obama because he spoke so beautifully. he promised change, but things changed for the worse. obama started spending like our credit cards have no limit. his health care law made health insurance even more expensive. >> well, joining me now jeremy peters, the politics reporter for "the new york times." he wrote about this new ad. jeremy, you point out that this ad we jus...