(this entry was stolen from Barack-Obama-Now.com)

The recent incident involving the New Yorker cartoon cover has highlighted one of the big problems for Barack Obama. The New York Times reports:

But there has been little humor about Mr. Obama: about his age, his speaking ability, his intelligence, his family, his physique. And within a late-night landscape dominated by white hosts, white writers, and overwhelmingly white audiences, there has been almost none about his race.

“We’re doing jokes about people in his orbit, not really about him,” said Mike Sweeney, the head writer for Mr. O’Brien on “Late Night.” The jokes will come, representatives of the late-night shows said, when Mr. Obama does or says something that defines him — in comedy terms.

“We’re carrion birds,” said Jon Stewart, host of “The Daily Show” on the Comedy Central channel. “We’re sitting up there saying ‘Does he seem weak? Is he dehydrated yet? Let’s attack.’ ”

But so far, no true punch lines have landed.

Looking at some of the previous New Yorker covers created by Barry Blitt, we can see some of the other contributions he’s added to the political humor universe:

New Yorker covers

Cartoonist David Horsey imagined what it might look like if National Review would lampoon the Republican nominee:

imaginary National Review cartoon

In the meantime, humorist Andy Borowitz issued a list of official campaign-approved Barack Obama jokes, including this zinger:

Barack Obama and a kangaroo pull up to a gas station. The gas station attendant takes one look at the kangaroo and says, “You know, we don’t get many kangaroos here.” Barack Obama replies, “At these prices, I’m not surprised. That’s why we need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.”

Mike Sweeney, head writer for “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” remarked to New York Times, “We’re hoping he picks an idiot as vice president.”