He Who Mocks Barack . . .

. . . will be a Saturday Night Live cast member.

It’s the ultimate mark of political distinction in the United States, a great impression on SNL. Darrell Hammond as Bubba. Classic. Dana Carvey’s Bush Senior? Timeless.

But, who will play Barack? This week’s “On the Media” takes on this weighty question.

One News Cycle into McCain-Lobbyist-Maybe-Sex/Corruption-Gate: No Legs

The McCain story has now gone through a full news cycle and it SEEMS to be more Jayson Blair than Watergate.

Here are five questions the Columbia Journalism Review has for Bill Keller at the Times.

It strikes me that the Times piece that doesn’t have a core claim. McCain is implicated in getting too close (innuendo of sex suggested but nothing to prove it) to a lobbyist. That’s bad for the maverick, but they don’t really show much by way of proof that this closeness affected his votes.

If this is all they have then it helps McCain on the campaign trail–he’s already working it into his new stump speech I’ll bet.

If a follow-up names some names, shows a pattern of voting, or produces a Monica moment, then his campaign is done and Mitt Romney will re-enter the race.

Don’t hold your breath.