negative press he's been getting. the bullying story that came out a couple weeks ago. i thought it would have had a lot, you know, the repercussions would have been a lot worse. i'm thinking, in light of all the negative press that's been coming out, the numbers are rising. >> we have seen the favorability movement in the "washington post" poll in mitt romney's direction. judith grey and karen finney. thank you both very much for joining me tonight. >> thanks. >> coming up, barney frank joins me on the 25th anniversary of his coming out as our first openly gay member of congress. how 25 years later we still live in a country where children are taught to sing hate songs about gay people in church. you will hear a 5-year-old spewing hatred in church to the rapturous joy of all in attendance. and the lies of newt gingrich about the lies of donald trump are in tonight's rewrite. and later, emmy winning writer