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On SNL, Hillary Clinton Counsels Hillary on Keystone …

Hillary Clinton proved again this weekend that when it comes to comedy, its better to laugh at yourself than have others do it for you.

Appearing on NBCs Saturday Night Live, the Democratic presidential frontrunner played a bartender named Val, serving and comforting a distraught, pretend Hillary Clinton sitting at the bar. Along the way, the candidate did a killer Donald Trump impression and laughed at her own delayedsupport for gay marriage and opposition to Keystone XL pipeline. In each case, Val tried to tell Hillary that it wasnt such a long delay, as Hillary allowed that, actually, it was.

The real Mrs. Clinton even sang a duet along with the fake onea notable event for a candidate who publicly laments her poor singing voice.

It was the latestand perhaps highest profileeffort by her presidential campaign to showcase the fun Hillary Clinton that friends say has been buried amid controversy over her email as secretary of state and other matters.

Mrs. Clinton teased her own appearance in an interview with ET posted Saturday, where she said she spoke highly of Kate McKinnon, who portrays Mrs. Clinton on Saturday Night Live now, as well as Amy Poehler, who did so during the 2008 campaign.

In the spring, Ms. McKinnon played Mrs. Clinton to devastating effect, but she was considerably gentler with her target on the set on Saturday night.

She still portrayed the former secretary of state as both stiff and desperate to be president. At one point, she mentioned her year-old granddaughter. She calls me Madame President, she said without a trace of irony. Her voice turned menacing as she said she hoped that Donald Trump would win the Republican nomination. He must. I want to be the one to take him down. I will destroy him and I will mount his hair in the Oval Office.

But she also played Mrs. Clinton as a human being just trying to get through the rigors of a campaign. For instance, the skit portrayed Hillary as upset that Mr. Trump was getting so much attention. That was the segue that let the real Mrs. Clinton, as Val, pull out a Trump impression. Isnt he the one whos like, Eh, youre all losers, she said.

The McKinnon-as-Hillary appeared relaxed and happy as she thanked Hillary-as-Val for being really easy to talk to.

You know, thats the first time Ive ever heard that, replied Val.

The pretend Mrs. Clinton says, I wish you could be president. The real candidate replied, Me too! with a huge laugh.

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Hillary Clinton wins union endorsement, but teachers make …

Hillary Rodham Clinton made an unplanned trip to the headquarters of the nations largest teachers union Saturday morning to lock down its endorsement and calm the jitters of union leaders under pressure from members to withhold support.

National Education Assn.leaders say Clinton came to the board meeting at their request, as the endorsement vote loomed and the 175-member body felt it needed to hear more from her. Such unscheduled appearances by a presidential candidate are exceedingly uncommon. The NEA represents 3.2 million teachers.

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NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia said in an interview she could not recall another time a candidate has appeared at the endorsement meeting.

It was very dramatic, Eskelsen Garcia said. People were saying to me, I need to hear from her. I said, I dont know what I can do.' But I called the campaign and [Clinton] said let's do it."

Eskelsen Garcia said Clinton stayed for more than hour, answering questions from board members who lined up at the microphone in the basement auditorium of NEA headquarters in Washington. They grilled her on the school accountability and student testing policies the union has been fighting over with the Obama administration. They demanded Clinton explain with specificity her position on charter schools, the growth of which they see asan existential threat to the union.

The endorsement is a major victory for Clinton, who has been struggling to impress a restive organized labor movement that feels Obama has not done enough to lift its fortunes, and worries there will be more of the same in a Clinton presidency. Earlier in the week, the International Assn.of Firefighters, one of the countrys most politically influential unions, abandoned its plans to endorse Clinton, according to the New York Times.

At the firefighters union and at the NEA, a large segment of the rank and file is vocally supportive of independentSen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. His crusade against Wall Street and support for European-style social programs plays well with union audiences. At least 30,000 NEA members have pledged their support to Sanders.

But in Washington on Saturday, the unions leadership voted overwhelmingly to back Clinton. Eskelsen Garcia said 75% of the board members voted to endorse the former secretary of State.

She was able to talk so passionately, and so specifically, Eskelsen Garcia said. She made space in an incredibly difficult campaign to say, I know you have a decision to make, I am not taking it for granted, I want that support, it is important to me."

Still, some influential NEA leaders had lobbied against the vote. Chapter presidents in New Jersey and Massachusetts said the union would be better served by waiting. They wanted to hear candidates be more specific about their plans, and see if they would committo walk back some of the contentious policies the Obama administration has put in place.

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Eskelsen Garcia had warned waiting would hurt the union.

The argument that won the day was when one of the board members got up and said, I need a good reason why we would not do it today. I need a good reason why would not start as early as possible impacting this race, said Eskelsen Garcia. We want a candidate who will make this a centerpiece for her campaign If you dont get in where it counts, it doesnt count when you get in.

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Hillary Clinton spoofs her caution, likability on SNL …

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton spoofed her reputation for caution and slow adoption of liberal positions during a cameo on Saturday Night Live.

Clinton gamely played a bartender named Val alongside cast member Kate McKinnon, who regularly plays Clinton on the show. McKinnon plays the character as comicallystrident and fiercely ambitious.

Imjust an ordinary citizen who thinks the Keystone pipeline willdestroyour environment, Clinton deadpanned.

McKinnon, playing Clinton as a downtrodden candidate, noted that the position on Keystone was a long time coming.

Later in Saturdaysskit Clinton, as Val, praised the candidates support for gay marriage.

I could have supported it earlier, McKinnon, playing the candidate, said ruefully.

Fair point, Clinton said.

In both instances, Clinton adopted positions popular among the liberal Democratic base but did so later than other candidates, opening her to criticism that she is overly scripted and poll-conscious.

McKinnon, playing Clinton, told the bartender she is easy to talk to and cool.

Thats the first time Ive ever heard that, Clinton, playing thebartender, replied.

I wishyou could be president, McKinnon said.

Me too, said Clinton.

Anne Gearan is a national politics correspondent for The Washington Post.

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