Sound Off: Romney Attack on Big Bird, PBS

It's hard to deny the advantage that fmr. Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney has coming out of the first debate. But the governor did leave the stage with some baggage — a big, yellow-feathered bag.

President Obama's campaign has frequently criticised the governor for not getting specific on promises to cut the defecit. When debate moderator Jim Lehrer pressed Romney for an example of waste he planned to target in the budget, Romney settled on PBS and called out Big Bird in particular.

Public Broadcasting has been a particular target of the GOP, including U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint and Gov. Nikki Haley. It's good red meat for conservatives who see public broadcasting as a waste or another arm of the "liberal media."

But Romney has been criticised since the debate for targeting such a very small fish in the large pond of federal spending. Attacks include the new Obama ad above, which tries to chip away from Romney's strong performance last week.

What do you think? Is Big Bird just a distraction? Should Romney save his firepower for a better example of government waste? Or is the target in the right place, hitting a nerve with undecided voters?