2008 vs 2012: Obama Embraces the ‘Politics of Smallness’ TOPICS:2008 vs 2012: Obama Embraces the Politics of Smallnessattack adsbig birdelectionmitt romneymorning joepoliticsPolitics of Smallnesssesame street Posted By: BMartin1776 October 11, 2012 So, to get a second term the basis of his campaign for the last cpl days is Big Bird. The world is on fire, people can’t get jobs, millions in poverty, $6 trillion added to the national debt and his platform is Big Bird, a 1%’r!!