'SNL' Playing a Role in 2008 Election?

Does the McCain campaign have a Tina Fey problem? Pollster Dick Bennett, head of Manchester, American Research Group, said Fey's portrayal of Gov Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) on Saturday Night Live "made a joke of the criticisms about Palin and made them real to people." Bennett said he was stunned that Gov. Palin, in appearing on "Saturday Night Live" Oct. 18, didn't humorously respond to the portrayal with some comment on the Obama campaign but instead played along. "She was the reason for the increased ratings," he said. "She could have demanded a lot." He pointed especially to an opening skit in which Gov Palin appeared with Lorne Michaels and Alec Baldwin, then replaced Ms. Fey's fake Sarah Palin at a news conference. "At the end, she said, 'I'm not going to answer any of your questions' [before doing the 'Live from New York' introduction]. What a dumb thing to say. It supports all the criticism [of her] in the media."