fronted by legendary hippity poppers, mos def, you lamo grandpas out there, and friend of the show talib kweli. there is an electric atmosphere in the house, dare i say in the hizzi. i'm sorry. what's that? i don't dare. okay. let's edit that out. my apologies to the entire hizzie. speaking of black star, herman cain. for weeks i've assumed the republican primary because two-horse race between mitt romney and rick perry. but they have been joined in the top tier by this dark-horse candidate, an expression i use only because he's an unexpected challenger, not because he's a horse. [laughter] now, in the latest cbs news poll, the former godfather of pizza, the hardest working man in the business has vaulted to a tie for the first place with mitt romney at 17%. cain has picked up all the voters who don't like romney, used to like perry and can't have christie. republican voters have been reduced to using the same criteria as a 4:00 a.m. barroom pickup. he has a pulse and no visible cold sores. [laughter] and folks, that is a good thing because cain is on everybody's lips. jim? >> herman cain i su