Here's a nice article from Politico about the search for SNL's own Obama:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8639.html
Except for the error that Mike Huckabee is guest hosting (he's making a cameo appearance), it's a nice article that gives perspective to why the selection is important.
One reason is that it's likely that we'll be seeing a lot of Obama -- and Fauxbama -- into November and beyond.