Hit and miss, although the hits start piling up towards the end when he dons the Bush “War Criminal” t-shirt. How could they not? Even so, a bit of a letdown in an environment this target-rich. No “Death to Israel” chants? Only one hammer-and-sickle? If I’m going to invest 10 minutes, I want my most grotesque caricaturish stereotypes confirmed, damn it!

The “Mary Jo Kopechne” exchange at the public-option table makes it all worthwhile. No doubt Teddy himself would have found it hysterical.