. >> let garrison keeler >>> issue three, black walnut. >> i happen to believe there's ice milk and haagen-dazsblack walnut. that's the difference. i got some sustenance here, okay? i'm black walnut. >> republican presidential candidate former ceo of godfather's pizza is now nicknamed "the black walnut." herman cain is more than the flavor of the week. he is now the leading contender for the republican nomination for president. so says the zogby international polling firm, a recent survey found that candidate cain was the preferred choice of republican primary likely voters. cain beat texas republican governor rick perry 28% to 18%. candidate cain also beats former massachusetts governor mitt romney, 28% to 17%. he has also won three republican straw polls in two weeks -- the florida straw poll, the national federation of republican women straw poll, and the midwest tea party convention straw poll. candidate cain says he won all three because of his tax plan that he has named the 999 plan. candidate cain wants to replace the current tax code with a 9% flat tax on corporations, a 9% flat tax on

and the onion and i love all of those people but also woody allen and some other great people, garrison keelertwain first and foremost. what makes him so timeless? >> he is like our shakespeare in a way. i don't want to turn people off because they think shakespeare, it probably won't be too funny. mark twain understands human nature and stuff he wrote a hundred years ago is still cool. i think he could tweet if he were around. a line i like suppose you're an idiot and suppose you're in congress but i repeat myself. i think that could be a tweet nowadays. i would re-tweet it. he is sort of the exception because he is somebody you can look back a hundred years and he still funny and cool. >> what is the funniest right now? this is a tough time in american history. where do you find the most humor? >> well, i mean, besides michele bachmann, i think that the onion is great. i think that -- i love some of the younger writers like sloan crosley is a woman who has written a couple of books who is hilarious and a guy like larry willmore is money known as the senior black correspondent. the stuff is c