"Saturday Night Live" parodied Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in their opening bit this weekend: President Obama, played by Fred Armisen, "brushed off the notion that a vote for this legislation is political suicide: 'Does anyone seriously think Nancy Pelosi could lose in her San Francisco district? A place where Republican candidates often finish fourth, behind professional dominatrixes and homeless people.' He was more skeptical of Reid's chances, as the health care bill is 'angry mob unpopular' in Nevada," the Huffington Post recaps. 
 
ARKANSAS: The New York Times profiles the challenges in her home state that Sen. Blanche Lincoln faces as she runs for re-election: "Caught in a surge of antigovernment sentiment, Mrs. Lincoln has been blasted by conservatives for allowing health care legislation to proceed, and has already attracted a slate of potential Republican challengers. At the same time, in a state with a more centrist tradition than most others in the South, she has become a target of the left for opposing a government-run public health care option, easier organizing rules for unions and regulation to fight global warming." 
 
And Lincoln's primary challenger, Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter, went up with his second ad this weekend. 
 
CALIFORNIA: " Former congressman Tom Campbell on Friday used the first debate in the California Senate race to demand that his challengers [Carly Fiorina and Chuck DeVore] not engage in a "whispering campaign" claiming he is against Israel or is an anti-Semite," the AP reports. "Campbell requested the debate after his opponents began questioning his support for Israel. Their attacks were based on his voting record when he served in the House of Representatives and on campaign money given by a donor who later was revealed to have ties to a U.S.-listed terrorist organization." 
 
ILLINOIS: "After a month of political wrangling, Illinois State Sen. Bill Brady was named the Republican challenger for the governor's office in the November election," the Christian Science Monitor writes. Brady won the GOP nomination by a slim 193 votes. 
 
MASSACHUSETTS: "The Democratic field to succeed retiring Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) began to shake out just hours after he made his retirement announcement official on Friday," CQ writes, noting at least five Democratic candidates who are expected to or already announced their plans to run. 
 
NEVADA: "It promises to be one of the most-watched election races in the country. On Monday, the senator from Searchlight will throw his hat in the ring," local affiliate KTNV reports. "Senator Harry Reid is expected to file for re-election Monday morning at the Grant Sawyer State Building in Las Vegas." 
 
NEW YORK: "Speaking before a church congregation in Brooklyn, Gov. David A. Paterson declared on Sunday that he was the victim of innuendo and lies and that he would finish his term to "fulfill the mission in which God placed me," the New York Times reports. "'I will keep governing to the end of the year, in the spirit of making the tough decisions and trying as hard as I can to fulfill the mission in which God placed me,' Mr. Paterson said." 
 
Paterson will hold a town hall discussion in Brooklyn today, Politics Daily reports. 
 
Stu Rothenberg is high on Richard Hanna, challenging Democrat Michael Arcuri in NY-24. 
 
PENNSYLVANIA: "Local Democratic officials Saturday picked Mark Critz, a former top aide to the late Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), as their preference to be their nominee for the special election to replace Murtha on May 18," Roll Call reports.