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Here (for San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee) and here (for Herman Cain).  Five million results for "Herman Cain smoking" Google search at 4:45 est.

Hey, they grab social media attention, the most precious commodity of the first stage of digital campaigning.

Like those guys twirling the signs on street corners, except with sharing and click-through/conversion capabilities.

Here's Ronald Conway, who produced the Lee video for $18K through his (Conway's) committee on Lee's behalf, San Franciscans for Jobs and Good Government:  (Jobs and Good Government -- there's some issue content!)

The video was announced this morning through tweets by Brian Wilson and Hammer with the hash tag #fearthestache and was created by Portal A and Ashkon -- the production team and performer who teamed up for last year's viral video hit for the San Francisco Giants, "Don't Stop Believing."

From Acting Director of Political Management Michael Cornfield's blog, duckrabbitpolitics.

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