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Clinton Stumps on SNL

Dem pokes fun at herself, campaign

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 2, 2008 10:34 AM CST

(Newser) – She was supposed to be campaigning in Ohio last night—but instead Hillary Clinton was live from New York. Like last week, Saturday Night Live opened with a debate sketch parodying a recent Clinton-Obama debate, with the Dems played by SNL regulars. The real Hillary appeared immediately after with an “Editorial Response.”

Asked how her campaign was going, she cheerfully responded, “Very, very well,” adding with mock suspicion, “why, what have you heard?” Clinton, who referenced another SNL sketch during last week’s debate, said her appearance wasn’t an endorsement. Rudy Giuliani appeared later on the show, likening his campaign to an SNL skit: “It started strong, but you don’t have an ending.”

Dormer Presidential Candidate Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (right) appears on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update with Seth Meyers (left) Saturday March 1, 2008  to explain the collapse of his campaign -- blaming his 1997 hosting appearance during which he donned a dress. It was the third consecutive SNL episode featuring a...
Dormer Presidential Candidate Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (right) appears on "Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update" with Seth Meyers (left) Saturday March 1, 2008 to explain the collapse of his campaign --...   (Associated Press)
This image provided by NBC shows Senator Hillary Clinton (right) delivers an editorial response to SNL's parody of this week's Democratic debate with Amy Poehler (left) who plays Clinton on the show. Clinton took a break from the campaign trail to thank Saturday Night Live for giving her candidacy a...
This image provided by NBC shows Senator Hillary Clinton (right) delivers an "editorial response" to SNL's parody of this week's Democratic debate with Amy Poehler (left) who plays Clinton on the show....   (Associated Press)
This image provided by NBC shows the grilling of Senator Hillary Clinton (Amy Poehler, left) gets intense when Vincent D'Onofrio from Law & Order
This image provided by NBC shows the grilling of Senator Hillary Clinton (Amy Poehler, left) gets intense when Vincent D'Onofrio from "Law & Order   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y, reacts to the crowd as she makes a campaign stop in Dallas, Saturday, March 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y, reacts to the crowd as she makes a campaign stop in Dallas, Saturday, March 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)   (Associated Press)
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