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 ...

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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 ...

Amid arguments during Wednesday night's presidential debate over how best to cut the nation's deficit, Mitt Romney put Big Bird on notice. Responding to a question from debate host and PBS anchor Jim ...

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 ...

How did the whole Big Bird kerfuffle affect moms? In my most recent Parents article, I address the issue: In the first debate between Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack ...

Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney’s recent comment on cutting or eliminating funding for programs, including public television, has reignited one columnist‘s concerns over federal ...

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 ...

Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers scored the week's biggest exclusive by getting Big Bird to to stay up way past his usual bed time to comment on being the center of attention in Wednesday night's ...