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Campaign come down? >> reporter: well, i think it depends on whether he has to change any part or evolve his explanation again. as we noted and you noted with chris -- >> the problem is, will they stick by him if something else comes out? its always the something nellis these scandals, we all know, that ends up taking a candidate apart. >> charlie, theyre claiming, mark block is claiming at least that they had their best fund-raising day yesterday because the supporters were rallying around him ...

Campaign finance story you are talking about out of wisconsin is really interesting. what it boils down to is a group called prosperity usa which was founded by mark block, the famous smoker from the ad, it is a nonprofit organization. and under federal law and election dlau law, nonprofits are not allowed, they are forbidden from giving money to capitol hill campaigns and what ended up happening is prosperity usa spent almost $40,000 on charter, plane charter ipads and other expenses for the fr...

What it boils down to is a group called prosperity usa which was founded by mark block, the famous smoker from the ad, it is a nonprofit organization. and under federal law and election law, nonprofits are not allowed, they are forbidden from giving money to capitol hill campaigns and what ended up happening is prosperity usa spent almost $40,000 on charter, airplane charter, ipads and other expenses for the friends of herman cain. and that money was disclosed by prosperity usa by not by cain or...

Im joined now by msnbcs senior political analyst and "time" magazine editor at large mark halper halperin. mark, you can run but you cant hide. >> well, eric cantors getting a taste from the left of what a lot of democrats got during the rise of the tea party movement. as he goes to these events, hes a believer in free speech, he wants to make a play on college campuses, but at this point in our history, if youre a conservative republican and you go to a college campus, you can be expected to ge...

Like he did yesterday, i think youre going to see much more criticism on the process side of it, which he is, i think, entirely deserving of receiving, and that is just as karl said, the contrary statements, evolving story, the unpreparedness. remember, this is a guy whos selling himself as a business executive and that was his appeal as an outsider, as a can-do guy, a problem-solver. this is a pretty big problem and he hasnt solved it. >> jemal simmons, as an operative, youve been on your share...

On doors and connecting with voters. but the folks at the top of this poll, mitt romney, herman cain, have spent the least amount of time in iowa. how do we explain that? >> i think first with mitt romney, we cant forget hes been an incredible sum of resources here just four years ago, so its not like he was starting from scratch this caucus cycle. he maintains that reservoir of support from last time. i suspect well see more of governor romney here before january 23rd. with respect to herman ca...

Strategy. everything that weve done up to this point has worked beyond our expectations and were just going to -- as i usually say to my staff, keep your head down and sell tickets. >> how much money did you raise this month? >> were over $5 million. >> so more than a million a week. >> average $1.25 million a week. >> and how many more staffers have you added in the early states? >> we went from 32 staffers the day of the florida straw poll to 63 today. so weve doubled in the last 30 days. >> m...

Kind of two-sided answer is not going to get them out of trouble. theyre either going to have to come forward and say heres what happened, whether its an apology or some kind of explanation, or theyre going to have to, you know, definitively say nothing happened and face the consequences of whatever paperwork or what have you is out there. >> mark, do you think anything is to these allegations, mark? >> well, i dont know for a fact one way or the other on it. what i do suspect is absolutely the ...

Consistency. >> a status review this afternoon for a civil case involving john edwards. a judge scheduled a hearing for later today. the case involves a suit brought by edwards mistress, rielle hunter. shes suing to get property back from a former staffer. this weekend the white house welcomed to very wet trick-or-treaters. kids of military families and elementary school students got cookies and candy from the president and first lady. check out former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel...

And well have much more of that "daily rundown" interview with herman cains chief of staff, mark block. it was pretty fascinating. you can go ahead and listen in at 11:30 a.m. eastern straight ahead. were going to have much more. in the meantime, some good news for the cain campaign. the first state to vote in 2012 has the former god fathers ceo in first place. cain holds a slim lead over mitt romney. front-runners are well ahead of the rest of the pack. even though neither candidate has poure...