SNL has a new political character who had a long bit on the show: Ann Romney:
As usual, it’ll mostly shake down where those who like Romney think this is unfunny, or out of line, and Democrats will think it’s great. Independents may be more inclined to just look at it and judge it by its comedy value. But Michelle Obama is now making herself easy pickings for SNL now that she is stepping closer into the overtly political arena..
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.