If I were a writer for Saturday Night Live I'd have Obama "winning" any number of races by jumping in at the end and claiming "victory". He'd start the Boston Marathon, run 20 yards and dive into the crowd, go play golf, do some bowling (special olympics style), catch a few Zzzzz's, hold a committee as to when he should jump into the race and really start running, pretend to listen then jump in at the last 20 yards, grab a trophy, make a speech, move on to the next race...
I'd also have him in a committee working on who to get "mad" at next so that people would take him seriously, practicing thrusting a finger into the table (a la Olbermann), sitting in front of a mirror trying to make his eyebrows go down a bit more so he'll look even more "angry"...
Then have his teleprompter give him his "target" for the "fight"... "Turn Left, swing foot forwards, connect with a$$"....
It would be unrelenting. This guy (and his VP) provides at least as much opportunity as GHWB and Quayle did!
Only to the Beck crowd.
You vastly overstate the missteps & lack of reaction from the admin.