ads. ever since governor romney said he would cut funding for pbs, the children s characters have become stars of sorts on the campaign trail. here is just a little bit of one of the president s new ads. bernie madoff, dennis kozlowski, criminals, gluttons of greed and the evil genius who towered over them? one man has the guts to speak his name. big bird. big bird. big bird. it s me, big bird. big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it s not wall street you have to worry about, it s sesame street. megyn: republicans taking note, a new page at the rnc web site has the count, you know, count dracula? tracking the obama campaign and pointing out that the president has mentioned big bird eight times and elmo five times at recent events. you know how he counts. there has been zero talk of libya plans to fix the economy according to the count.