Absolutely. That’s another point on which I think their Obama falls flat – he doesn’t quite get the uhhh, uhhh, get the speech pattern quite right. Although if I were to write comedy around Obama, I’d go a bit more absurdist and take the “messiah” stuff to its logical comedic conclusion. Have him healing lepers, sinking impossible jump-shots. The punchline would more or less be our expectations of him, the amount of hope we’re pouring into him.

(I think he’s up to it, and I think he might be remembered as the best president of all time anywhere ever under any circumstances, or at least the Liberal Reagan, but it would make for good bipartisan laughs.)

@mk: I totally agree that the gay marriage bit was well-done, both Biden’s glossing of the subject and Palin’s emphasis on “tolerance,” which I found so upsetting during the actual debate.

Anywho, go, Queen Latifah, representin’ Jersey!

I thought this was a great (and completely fair) hit against both of them.

And have you seen their Obama? The best they can get out of that are corruption jokes based on the fact that he’s (politically) from Chicago. Weak material comedically, and it completely fails as satire.

I think their better jokes about Obama are based on his speech patterns (particularly the way he pauses) and earnestness. I think that there are times when it would be pretty easy to paint him as a Pangloss type. But for the most part, it is much harder to mock him.