Shh, Shh... El Dozo!

It's too bad Operaman's not still around - okay, not it's not... but if he were, he'd have plenty of fodder for this Saturday's Weekend Update.

Ian scours the SOTU tape for candid shots of slumbering Senators and finds several.

(In fairness, these are all taken from above, so those whose heads are tilted downward to read something in their laps are largely indistinguishable from the truly unconscious.)

Obama, in protecting himself from bobbing head syndrome via the two-finger temple prop, gives the appearance not only of nodding off, but of flipping off nearby colleagues.  Bravissimo!