From last night’s Saturday Night Live: “Earlier today Democratic candidate Joe Biden and Congressman Jack Murtha spoke at a rally in Johnstown Pennsylvania where they attempted to blow the election for Senator Obama.”

Meanwhile, in the Washington Post, inadequate political junkies come out of the closet in “Capital Offense – Washington Keeps a Finger on the Political Pulse.”

“I’ve done that a million times,” Peter Barber says excitedly, when asked if he’s ever pretended to recognize a name or political term since moving to the area for grad school in public policy at George Mason. “But I always thought it was just me!”

He hasn’t lived here that long — came down from Connecticut where people aren’t so obsessed. Still, it’s not easy, he says. Especially not when there’s a whole new cast of characters and policies to memorize every election cycle.

“Like Rumsfeld,” Barber says. He’d finally gotten used to knowing that “Rumsfeld was the secretary of state,” he says, when Rumsfeld went and resigned and was replaced by that Gates guy. Now, Barber bets, “Four out of 10 people here would still say Rumsfeld” was the secretary of state.

Telling Barber that Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates were not secretaries of state but secretaries of defense just seems cruel.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to watch that SNL sketch again, it may be one of my favorites.