Larry must have missed his Thorazine med that morning.
Prior to his time as a political analyst, Sabato worked for nine years with Virginia Democratic Party politician Henry Howell. At the age of 15, Sabato joined Howell’s first campaign for the Virginia governorship in 1968, and then worked on his successful run for lieutenant governor in 1971, and his campaigns for governor in 1973 and 1977.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Sabato#Early_life_and_education