England for Obama

The Rachel Maddow Show - which is still missing Rachel Maddow (I like to imagine that she’s sunning herself on a Mexican beach with Keith Olbermann right now) - covered the latest on the Bill/Hillary Clinton story on Monday night:

Say what you like about the Obama team, but at least they’re applying the same standards to absolutely everybody who wants a job in the new White House administration. To wit, the final section on their application form:

“Please provide any other information, including information about other members of your family, that could suggest a conflict of interest or be a possible source of embarrassment to you, your family, or the president-elect.”

All the Bill shenanigans aside: it’s a bit of a tricky one, that, eh? I mean, who’s to know what Barack himself would find embarrassing? Let alone your own family, without declaring it to them in the first place. Are people telling their loved ones about all the naughty things they’ve got up to, in case they get a job in the White House (and imagine how gutting it would be to tell your folks about that incident with the goat, only to not even get an interview for that internship)? Or are applicants just revealing all on this form - and if so, are the HR team at Obama HQ, in fact, acting like a confession box? Wow. I mean, I know he’s not the Messiah. But who knew Barack was so pope-like?

Barack Obama’s possible choice of Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State just got a little trickier. Apparently, Bubba is a “lingering concern” in the Obama camp.

Christopher Hitchens laid into Hilary Clinton last night on Hardball:

Love him or loathe him, Hitchens (or “the washed up drunk guy” as one HuffPo comment calls him) is always watchable. And after months of watching American news coverage, it’s really quite surreal hearing a British accent (or, indeed: another British accent) in the mix. Especially when Hitchens says “fuuuule”. Is it possible to find a single British pundit on American TV who doesn’t talk like Lord John Marbury from The West Wing?

*Update* Countdown covered the Bill Clinton issue last night:

Fortunately, he meant Barack Obama. Phew!

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mr William Jefferson Clinton:

Some very encouraging - nay, pretty amazing - polling news:

“Barack Obama, the first black major party nominee, is positioned to win the largest share of white voters of any Democrat in more than three decade… 44 percent of non-Hispanic white voters presently support Obama — the highest number for a Democrat since 47 percent of whites backed Jimmy Carter in 1976.

If Obama’s share holds, it would top the 43 percent of white voters who backed Bill Clinton in 1996.”

In Scranton. Yes, Scranton! Let me repeat that: Scranton.

Just one thing. In his “that’s why I’m here; that’s why Hillary’s here” speech, Bill forgot to add “because we’ve got a family baptism to go to!”

From the writers of The Colbert Report, for Entertainment Weekly:

1. Sarah Palin wins debate using knowledge from Snapple Cap Facts.

2. Bill Clinton endorses Obama.

3. In an effort to appear younger and more hip, John McCain releases a sex ”talkie.”

4. Oak leaves suspend color-turning campaign until financial crisis is resolved. Urge maple leaves to do the same.

5. Sarah Palin turns out to have an embarrassing Ivy League-educated, immensely qualified sibling.

6. Lindsay Lohan goes back to dudes.

7. Osama bin Laden walks into Wasilla, Alaska police station to turn self in. Says, ”I would have been here sooner if you had a decent bridge.”

8. October admits it’s actually January. Election starts all over again.

…but those aren’t the people who hold this election.”

Ah, with friends like these…

Bill Clinton was on The Daily Show last night - and slightly redeemed himself following his appearance on Letterman. But only slightly.

He told Jon Stewart that he thought Obama would win the election; and talked about what he thinks Obama needs to do in order to win the election. But actually rave about him? Get excited about him? Show him lots of love? Erm, no.

Here’s part one of the interview:

And here’s part two:

So, Bill Clinton was on the David Letterman show on Monday night. And so was Chris Rock. And the latter couldn’t help but notice the former’s reluctance to actually talk about Barack Obama. Although he seemed perfectly happy to mention Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and John McCain. A lot. Is Bubba consumed with jealousy, or something?

Someone has compiled both Bill and Chris moments for a YouTube video, below. Enjoy. Well, enjoy the Chris Rock part, at least:

Adda boy!