it is romney and bigird. let me tell you my theory. he brought up big bird hed wfubs if he didn't specify big bird, do you know what the press would have done? they would have put this photo up there. it would have been romney against elmo. he is cuter. he is smaller. it makes romney seem mner. asra tis g to >>l disree with you. i think it was a misstatement. i think if he would take big bird out of theebate h would. >> he plans everything though. iine ipr dt thuens ad r relationship. >> there are no questions around their relationship. they are friends. i am sick of hearing -- oh, you are talking burt and ernie? >> is big bird a tall lesbian? >> bigirso sik ae--ohi 's reeys av,ctlly just to get controversial here, you described president obama as being among other things, you describe as being isolated. do you want to take back that charged rhetoric? thomisoe ey st aesn know that scientology is for nut bars. he is kept in this bubble. he is walking through life going, do do do. everything is awesome. wahee enpl itim taaphee. the arizo

prencagnin now -- bigird is it interesting because yesterday sesame street asked the campaign hey, cand andrew mitchell said the same thing. >> steve: this morning, robert gibbs saythere are no plans t t ofir t soy' dlin i th ndf fion them. >> brian: not kind of. they think we're in august. they think it's june when everyone is small ball, played this small stuff that didn't matter. now things are so consequential, after that debate, the president should bedessiry i hsto a it ey face. instead, he's taub being big bird when there is a sndal in benghazi, we have corporate earnings in the toilet. he's still kidding about this? >> gretchen: one othe indidual sther yio hvoho m n'ayteno lithundy w ngo k it simplistic. this is something we've discussed on this show. is that part of the campaign motivation, to keep things on the surface and simple? this ad, if you take that one ththas pseof the debate and y enat st iat position. it's a 501 c 3. they're asking the obama administration to take down the ad. >> steve: they're taking fire because mitt romney brought it up in the debate where-- he b

i think if bill clinton, i think hehould probablyng big >> didn't bigird get red?e house. do it now. >> the bromance lasts until november. >> my advice is for joe biden. not try to overwhen sate by go in th charging like the bulls of pam plo na in y debate. the only thing that may be worse than an overly passive barack obama is an overly aggressive joe >> a bul in a china shop maybe. >> maybe. listen, if he's hard to control when he's onscript, just imagine him unsced in a debate. >> but the american people still like him. >> yeah. still like h. >> he's a likable guy. >> he's a regular joe. >> i think all republicans should love him because he is the gift that keeps on giving. >> so is paul ryan toso extent. aheadernor. >> it's been exactly one year since steve jobs passing. d unsolicited advice today is f all of the mavericks in america, all the oplehat walk against the crowd, all e people who disagree with everybod t a classroom th says i do agree with what'savicks have me amergreat. if we lose our mavericks, we i unsolicited advice for themavericks, you keep it