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To rise in the race for the republican nomination. its been the talk of politics lately. a recent ad, by the way, featuring his campaign coo mark block is all the buzz on youtube. lets watch this bizarre ad by herman cain. >> since january, ive had the privilege of being the chief of staff to herman cain and the chief operating officer of the friends of herman cain. tomorrow is one day closer to the white house. i really believe that herman cain will put united back in the united states of ameri...

So, i mean, im eating the wings. i have the hot sauce on there and the fancy presidential limousine smelling like chicken. we were actually going to a fund-raiser with will smith and jada and i didnt realize it was so close. so suddenly we pull up and my sleeves were rolled up. i have a spot on my tie. and, you know, my fingers -- im looking for one of the wet ones. getting chicken out of my teeth. but outstanding chicken. >> how about that? the star of herman cains smoking ad now becoming a sta...

Staff, mark block, smoking in that ad. its certainly creating lots of buzz. we are joined by david. i was corrected during the break, and speaker gingrichs tax policy is like governor perrys. theres an alternative, you can do the flat tax or go back to the other code. i want to correct that. the ad, what do you think about it? >> i was going to bring my pack of marlboros but i will leave that to mark. its interesting. herman cain has the name at this point. five, six months ago you do an ad like...

Then theres cains latest web ad. its gone viral thanks to a bizarre performance by cains previous unknown chief of staff mark block. block first praises his candidate then takes a drag of a cigarette. see it to believe it. >> weve run a campaign like nobodys ever seen, but then americas never seen a candidate like herman cain. we need you to get involved because together we could do this. we can take this country back. ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand ♪ i am america >> unconventi...

Know, we are resonating with them. and im not the only one thats smoking in america, for god sake. its just that im a smoker and a lot of people on the staff said just let block be block. thats what it was all about. >> just let block be block. thats not a thing. were not going with that, mark block. by the way he says were huge with old guy whos smoke in bars. it wasnt mark blocks smoking that got xeeven he could bare all excited last night. it was that great about eight second slow motion sm...

Unconventional campaign, as mark block says, and hes doing amazingly well for now. >> bill, perry is trying to get back in this, though. perry has said, let me try to pick a fight with romney. he came in swinging almost recklessly. watch this. >> you cant be for banning guns and then all of a sudden youre, you know, for the second amendment. you cant be for the issue of abortion -- he says, listen, i need to say whatever i need to say, for whatever office im running for. how do you change at the...

Ad. its gone viral thanks to a bizarre performance by cains previous unknown chief of staff mark block. block first praises his candidate then takes a drag of a cigarette. see it to believe it. >> weve run a campaign like nobodys ever seen, but then americas never seen a candidate like herman cain. we need you to get involved because together we could do this. we can take this country back. ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand ♪ i am america >> unconventional to say the least. joinin...

>> nicechicken, honey. >> speechless. and even without real tv advertising, herman cain is actually still in the thick of his honeymoon with republican voters. got the new york times/cbs news poll released today. it shows him at the top of the field with 25%, mitt romney at 21%, newt gingrich at 10%. joining me now, msnbc analyst and opinion writer for the "washington post." thank you for joining me tonight, john. >> oh, my god. how are you? >> when it is wicked weird i call you from the bull pe...

Field with 25%, mitt romney at 21%, newt gingrich at 10%. joining me now, msnbc analyst and opinion writer for the "washington post." thank you for joining me tonight, john. >> oh, my god. how are you? >> when it is wicked weird i call you from the bull pen because im speechless. please. three minutes, what did we just see. >> last night when i was here to talk about -- i think we were talking about rick perry i had already seen the smoking ad with mark block, the first commercial that you saw a...

Bizarre performance by cains previous unknown chief of staff mark block. block first praises his candidate then takes a drag of a cigarette. see it to believe it. >> weve run a campaign like nobodys ever seen, but then americas never seen a candidate like herman cain. we need you to get involved because together we could do this. we can take this country back. ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand ♪ i am america >> unconventional to say the least. joining me now, crystal ball, democra...