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#BigBird: Mitt Romney provokes Twitter backlash by threatening to cut PBS funding

Mitt Romney learns that some things are sacred, and Sesame Street is one of them.
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Does Mitt Romney really want to see the back of Big Bird? Probably not. But Twitter thinks he does. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)
Mitt Romney says he loves Big Bird. So why does Twitter think he wants to kill him?
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Here's why Mitt Romney is viewed more negatively than George W. Bush

As Romney tries to improve his public image, a recent poll provides a telling comparison between his popularity and that of George W. Bush.

Mitt Romney mocked for asking why airplane windows don't open

At a Beverly Hills fundraiser on Saturday, Romney commented on his wife Ann's recent scare in the air. Romney said if she could have opened the plane's windows, this wouldn't be a problem.

Romney campaign seizes on Obama's 1998 talk of 'redistribution' (VIDEO)

Pointing to 14-year-old audio, Romney campaign tries to shift media scrutiny toward the president's words on policy.

Secret video: Mitt Romney says Palestinians have 'no interest' in peace

Mitt Romney: "I look at the Palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway, for political purposes, committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel, and these thorny issues, and I say, 'There's just no way.'"

Gawker publishes 950-page document dump about Mitt Romney's investments

John Cook at Gawker has published a huge document dump offering more insight to Mitt Romney's extensive investments.

Campaign 2012: In an Oregonian state of mind

Portland, with its pot and naked cyclists, could be the Northwest's 'coolest' city when it comes to politics too.
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The 2012 "Flashback Cruz" car show in Bend, Oregon featured over 5,000 vintage automobiles. (Jean MacKenzie/GlobalPost)
PORTLAND — Self-consciously quirky, outrageously liberal, Portland feels a bit like a hippie museum. On a recent, glorious Sunday, in the hipster Hawthorne neighborhood, white-bearded bikers in bandannas straddled their hogs in the sunshine, crowds of middle-aged, Birkenstocked customers strolled in and out of what could only be termed “head shops,” while others flipped through racks of vintage clothing — everything from old Simpsons T-shirts to velvet blazers to flowered hats from the '50s.
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Mitt Romney gaffes: I didn't say anything about Palestinian culture

"That's an interesting topic that perhaps could deserve scholarly analysis but I actually didn't address that," Romney claims.

"Mitt the Twit": A ‘disconcerting’ trip to London

The Republican candidate battles with foot-in-mouth disease on his first major overseas trip.
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Mitt Romney proved himself to be anything but a natural diplomat on his gaffe-strewn visit to Britain. (Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)
The Obama campaign is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on attack ads targeting Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Save your money, folks: the former Massachusetts governor needs little help in savaging his own reputation and prestige.
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