And then in the second sketch saying that she is so relentless, so annoying with an unpleasant personality that the special interest will cave in.  Considering the HRC appeared live just after that sketch shows she has a sense of humor.  Clearly he doesn't.

Never mind that the sketches didn't touch any of the actual substance of the debates, they were just bad, period.  

At least the sketches of the Gore-Bush debates were more substantive, back in the day.

There is an MSNBC special somewhere where they talked about SNL's effect on presidential campaigns.  There was a whole segment on how the impression of Gore's "LOCK.  BOX" caused him to change his tune and become less stiff in the subsequent debates against Bush.

Hilarious. Another classic bit to go into the Obama Hubris/Premature Celebration/Irrational Exuberance scrapbook.

And, as a Clinton supporter, let me say that I thought both times the parts about her were hilarious.  I loved both the "I'm the most annoying" routine (and I thought it was great she was willing to be on that show and follow that).  I also loved the "it has always been my dream to lose Maryland to Barack Obama."

I'll also add that I think working the refs is a good thing for Democrats.  I can understand why Obama might not see that now, but doesn't he want SNL to do that in the GE?  And what will he think if McCain calls Micheals to stop it?

Then I'd cut to a rear angle of Hillary and Obama watching TV, drinking brandy and smoking cigars, talking about their plan to take over the US and then the wooorrrrld BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Then I'd have them yell, together, right into the camera,the immortal phrase:

"I hope people start asking is what exactly is this foreign experience she is claiming," he said. "Was she handling crises during this period of time? I haven't seen any evidence that she is more equipped to handle a crisis.

The Goolsbee-Canada fiasco?  Simply because Hillary worked the refs.  Nevermind the Obama campaign denied a meeting that turned out to have happened.  I'm sure none of the bad press had anything to do with the fact the press don't like to be lied to.

Rezko?  Simply because Hillary pushed it.  Had nothing to do with the fact Rezko's trial started this week.  Or that Obama promised in one breath to provide any new information the media asked for and then refused to anwer questions in the next breath.  The media absolutely loves that - being promised info on a hot story and then being denied that info.  

Lack of Access?  I'm sure the media doesn't care in the least that Obama's idea of access is to hold a press conference and then whine about more questions because he had already answered, like, eight already.

The Clinton campaign has an excellent opportunity in the next few weeks to expose the negativity at the heart of Obama's campaign. The press has been understandably focused on the half of his argument that stresses hope and change. But, the flip side of that argument has always been the "old politics." Until this point, he has been able to speak both vaguely and derisively about the Clinton campaign without specifying what he means. Now, though, their intent will become transparent:

"We have not hesitated to draw distinctions between the candidates and we'll continue to do that," said Obama's chief strategist, David Axelrod. "If Sen. Clinton wants to take the debate to various places, we'll join that debate. We'll do it on our terms and in our own way, but if she wants to make issues like ethics and disclosure and law firms and real estate deals and all that stuff issues, as I've said before, I don't know why they'd want to go there, but I guess that's where they'll take the race."

This whole quote is risible. The Obama campaign seeks to minimize policy and experience differences at every step: healthcare, mortgage crisis, NAFTA, and even national security. The only distinction they ever wished to draw was about character, personality, and, on one issue, judgement. That last sentence by Axelrod is just rich, classic Republican doublespeak: blame the target of their attacks. The whole frame of the Obama campaign has been about personality and character attacks.

Now, we see that Whitewater, etc., etc., has always been at the top of the Obama strategists' mind when they  brushed Hillary Clinton as the "old politics." The Obama campaign resurrected the old negative politics of the 1990s to propel their candidate during this primary season. Every question directed at him about his political record pivots into an attack on Clinton's character or authenticity (read the transcript from Monday's press conference, in which he tried to use his well-worn tactic to no effect).