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 ...

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 ...

President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney faced off Wednesday night in the first presidential debate leading up to the election on November 6. The debate focused on the economy, healthcare, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The candidates were asked what they would do to cut waste out of the federal budget and each took a decidedly different approach. But the most memorable response goes to Romney, who took a direct shot ...

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 ...

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 ...