Obama Wins Wyoming; Bubba Talks "Dream Ticket"

Barack Obama won the Wyoming caucuses yesterday. Obama beat Hillary Clinton with 61%, to her 38%, Obama is projected to get 7 delegates and Clinton may receive 4.

According to the NY Times, Obama's campaign was in Wyoming two weeks earlier than Clinton's. There were five Obama offices and two Clinton offices, and Obama ran TV and radio ads, while Clinton just ran radio. The spin from the campaigns: Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe said, "This is a big win for us. You saw very furious campaigning by the Clinton campaign here.” Clinton's campaign manager Maggie Williams said they were "thrilled with this near split in delegates."

As it happens, Saturday Night Life spent the third week in a row (here's one and two) starting the show with the Democratic presidential candidates. This time, it was a spoof of Clinton's "It's 3 a.m. ad" and Obama's inexperience.

Weekend Update also had some barbs about the monster remark and how Clinton is supposedly warming up after her Ohio and Texas wins. But the funniest thing about the 3 a.m. ad was not from SNL - it was from a girl featured in the ad. It turns out the ad used old stock footage and now the girl is a 17-year-old Obama supporter (she was even a precinct captain in Washington!).

Speaking not for comedic effect, Bill Clinton told folks in Mississippi that a Clinton-Obama ticket would be "an almost unstoppable force" because "[Obama] would win the urban areas and the upscale voters, and she wins the traditional rural areas that we lost when President Reagan was President." Of course, the former president thinks his wife should be the president.

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By Jen Chung in News on March 9, 2008 1:35 PM

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VanessaNYC

I agree with Chosun as well; they we're making fun of Clinton, not Obama.

More importantly, it wasn't very funny.

Obama '08

JMH

I agree, Chosun, I pretty clearly thought this ad was mocking Clinton. The stuff from the two previous episodes, I thought, was mocking the sometimes overt pro-Obama stance of the media more than either of the candidates.

Chosun

Am I the only one who didn't think this was anti-Obama? My take on this is that it was actually aimed more at Clinton and her suspect advertising tactics. I thought it was pretty damn funny, actually...especially after watching the original ad.

eyekantspel

it's what he is - an inexperienced amateur

I've repeatedly asked what Hillary's experience is, and have yet to get an answer. It's kind of odd how her campaign continues to use experience as an issue without bothering to explain what Hillary's experience is.

She was first lady during Bill's 2 terms, worked on a health care initiative that went nowhere and otherwise it's unclear what she did during that time. I suppose by being in the White House she was around to observe what was happening, kind of like a super-intern, but considering how she claimed to be unaware of knowledge of a lot of what was going on at the time, I'm not sure if she can be given credit for being observant.

I'm not aware of anything she's done during her 6 years in the Senate. Indeed, most of what she now complains is wrong with the country- Iraq, housing, lack of healthcare- happened while she was a Senator, which means she's been in a position to pass legislation and make change.

On top of that, despite all this experience, it was only a few weeks ago that she claimed to have found her voice. A very strange statement for such an experienced candidate to have made.

blablanyc

Obama is no intellectual. He's an opportunist.

matthew gannon

I never thought I'd say this. Bill, shut up.

SNL's political humor has been on point for a long time. Not quite Stewart and Colbert, tho.

I didn't see the 3 a.m. ad skit as being just anti-Obama. I doubt Obama and Hillary will be talking much at all never mind at 3 a.m. The whole notion of a 3 a.m. call is silly anyway. Think of how many times Bush made a wrong decision at 2:30 p.m.?

When's the last time McCain answered the phone without an aide screening it first anyway? At least we know Rudy can answer the phone. We've seen it.

malebranche99

"it's what he is - an inexperienced amateur" ...

An amateur what? An amateur President? And Hillary is a professional President or politician I suppose? This has got to be the stupidest argument for selecting a leader imaginable. We need an intellectual (after 8 years of the other thing) with novel ideas. We need a sharp and incisive mind in the oval office. Even if that is not Obama (though I firmly believe that it is), political longevity is hardly the best indicator of leadership potential. And Hillary's few years as senator is hardly impressive should we take up this weak line of reasoning. McCain should be the obvious choice for anyone who buys that simplistic line. Please, let's pick intelligence for a change. Only now am I beginning to understand the power of advertising, repeat something enough (Hillary=experience) and many will come to accept it as truth.

osmium

anyone who has willingly watch saturday night live since like 1983 is unfit to be president. we should apply this test to the candidates.

matty

Any other show makes fun of all politicians, SNL has chosen to only mock Obama. They don't even discuss McCain.

I think Tina Fey is forcing this on the writers.

blablanyc

It's not what Obama did, it's what he is - an inexperienced amateur. He has been in the Senate for three years and voted "present" 130 times. As he has been campaigning he is still learning the Senate. He has a lot of charisma and he knows how to play the game. He's not what you want for a presidential candidate.

matty

I dunno I thought the piece was beat you over the head obnoxious.

I don't know what obama did to piss snl off but this is going too far.

megs

i wouldn't vote for hillary clnton if she ran from wild dogs. I'd vote for the wild dogs and hope they were hungry.

freddyhere

This is actually funny, and the most damning bit for Obama yet. I would have his manager arrange an appearance pronto but the damage is done...