May 19, 2008
Hotline TV: The SNL Primary; Who Won?
Posted at 03:50 PM
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Your enthusiasm when talking about Obama and Hillary is quite evident. Amazing change when you switch to McCain. Look at your body laguage.
When you get to McCain, who had alot more to say on the SNL show than Hillary or Obama, you had the least amount of analysis.
Mark Johnson | 05.19.08 04:28 PM
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Another highly insightful HotlineTV guys. Way to phone it in.
If any significant percentage of Americans chooses their president based upon a Saturday evening variety show then there is truly nothing Osama bin Laden can do to America that we aren't fully prepared to do to ourselves.
Seth | 05.19.08 07:28 PM
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I didn't know anyone still watched this show - in fact, I had no idea that it was still on.
just me | 05.19.08 09:51 PM
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Hmm, interesting that the WashPost had a much better analysis of McCain's performance (as they have on Obama's and Clinton's as well). SNL plays a pivotal role in recent presidential election years, and its scheduling for the rest of this year is being revised to capitalize on that. Its role is simply to help the candidates define a less-programmed image, in an attempt to make them seem more accessible.
McCain has not had as much coverage in this area recently (despite his campaign's eager, and stumbling, attempts), so it was important for him to do well; ironically, the expectations for his appearance were so low that the bar wasn't raised very high at all. All McCain really had to do is show up and not fail (or, in Ford terms, fall). Instead he, like the other two, showed humor and grace.
His delivery, as always, was awful, and you would never mistake this guy for a regular performer. And the script? Not knife-sharp as it could have been.
So, on the whole, McCain kept it, in Charlie Cook terms, "stable."
Pining for Chuck Todd | 05.20.08 09:56 AM
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