Shooting the Bird

This morning I’m feeling a bit better, because I’m reading that the single most talked-about moment of Wednesday’s debate was Mitt threatening to kill Big Bird. God bless America.

See also the photograph of the President in Wisconsin, taken yesterday.

See also Charles Pierce on the new jobs figures.

As Nate says, it’s too soon to see a response to the debates in the polls. However, I think that unless there is a substantial shift in the polls, Mitt might find himself worse off than before. The word before the debate was that Mittens had to be more human and likable, and I don’t think he did that.

Yesterday the Obama campaign came out with this —