man. he is apparently going to be the republican nomination by default. >> juddson, is it fair to call mitt romney the bum of the month? >> i don't think it is fair to call any of them the bum of the month. that's low class. but then again it's barney frank saying that so i'm not surprised. >> you get the idea. he was suggesting a different analogy to the flavor of the month. and you've seen multiple individuals, michele bachmann, rick perry, herman cain and now newt gingrich is back up there. we'll come to newt in a moment. is he not right? >> that republicans are bums? >> no, no. that every month there is a differentรง competitor for the front-runner alongside mitt romney. >> oh, sure. this has been a particularly volatile election cycle. but you know what? if you remember back four years ago, everybody was saying it was going to be a fred thompson, rudy giuliani race. and look where the two of them ended up. so the republican electorate is