FILE - This Aug. 30, 2009 file photo shows Big Bird, of the children's television show Sesame Street, in Los Angeles. Big Bird is endangered. Jim Lehrer lost control. And Mitt Romney crushed President ...

On Wednesday, the star of PBS’ Sesame Street got a social-media boost no one expected after Mitt Romney dismissed the channel and Big Bird as frivolous. “I’m not going to keep on spending money on ...

Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter and Romney campaign adviser Kevin Madden sparred on Face the Nation of President Barack Obama‘s coining the term “Romnesia,” as well as the campaign ...

Mitt Romney spoke about cutting public funding for PBS during a campaign rally in Clinton, Iowa today, suggesting that he would “even cut programs that we like.” “We’re not going to kill Big Bird,” he ...

(The Root) — One of the most memorable lines from last week’s presidential debate wasn’t about universal health care or even big government — it was about Big Bird. When Republican candidate Mitt ...

The mini-storm over Mitt Romney, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Big Bird pitted two visions of the show’s finances against one another. Mitt Romney claimed he’d cut funding so that ...

People are still talking about Wednesday night's presidential debate, but regular joes and political pundits standing around the water cooler aren't the only ones putting in their two cents. Even ...

Like most professional opinion havers who watched Wednesday’s debate, I thought Mitt Romney had a good night, but I was puzzled by his volunteering that he wants to end government funding for public ...

Mitt Romney has never been a champion of the Little Guy but in the first Presidential debate last week the former Massachusetts governor showed his true colors. Mitt Romney has never been a champion ...

NEW YORK - Big Bird is flying high in the 2012 presidential campaign. President Obama's campaign deployed the beloved "Sesame Street" icon in a new TV ad Tuesday, mocking Mitt Romney for saying he ...

With the election mere days away, the race is tight with many topics of discussion ready to burst at the seams. Mitt Romney's claim to cut PBS funding is one of them, andAkomplice isn't taking too ...