In our weekly roundup of our favorite political videos, SNL's Darrell Hammond takes on Fred Thompson, Ron Paul Girl urges us to register as Republicans, John McCain gets cold in front of medical marijuana user, and, in our favorite video, a New York City Council Member gets crazy mad in an interview with a Norwegian parody news show.

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8. Obama ‘08 volunteer training in Oakland

Barack Obama staffer supporter Patrick de Temple explains the campaign’s field operation in Oakland. He spends a lot of time pointing to a map of northern California and describing the neighborhoods, precincts, and cities. It’s pretty dry stuff, but illuminating if you’re interested in the nitty gritty of field organizing. A whopping 126 views on YouTube.

7. Ron Paul Girl - Register Now!

Ron Paul Girl is best known for taking her pants off while talking about her favorite presidential candidate. But in this video, a fully dressed Girl pleads with viewers to register as Republicans. Why? So they can vote for Ron Paul in their state primaries. She knows her audience isn’t made up of typical Republicans and might feel queasy about making the switch, so she makes it clear that you can switch back to being a Democrat or a “tree-hugging Green Party member, or whatever it is that you normally are” after the primaries are over. About 19,000 views on YouTube.

6. SNL Skit On Fred Thompson

Saturday Night Live’s Darrell Hammond is the current king of political impressions. Last weekend he took on Fred Thompson in his usual pitch-perfect way. He hits all the right notes, from the ask for applause, to the clearing of the throat, to the perceived, er, laziness. “How badly do I want to be your president? On a scale of 1 to 10, I’m about a 6.” Sixty-thousand views on YouTube.

5. Is Hillary Clinton Abusing YouTube?

It’s more like she doesn’t know how to use it. YouTube user “britethorn” noticed that in a recent Clinton video, the audio was completely out of sync. They tried to tell her in the text comments, but — alas! — the comments were turned off, but they discovered that the campaign did allow video responses, one of which was a John McCain ad! Their conclusion: the Clinton campaign isn’t much interested in using YouTube to have that much-ballyhooed “conversation.” Almost 221,000 views on YouTube.

4. Ron Paul for the Long Haul

The trend is to pair pro-Paul lyrics with hip, contemporary music (witness the Ron Paul/Evanescence pairing we recently highlighted). This video, produced by rapper King Solomon, tells us why every single other candidate is not only the wrong choice, but somehow deeply, infinitely corrupted compared to the righteous Ron Paul. Street Cred: 1, Nuance: 0. More than 31,000 views on YouTube.

3. Sen. John McCain meets a medical marijuana patient

As we noted yesterday, the magnifying-glass effect of presidential campaigns in New Hampshire and Iowa, combined with the accessibility of video, can be a huge help to interest groups publicizing their platforms. Here, a medical marijuana patient asks John McCain if he would continue the practice of arresting users of the drug for medical purposes. McCain turns his back at the mention of “marijuana,” and is surprisingly unreasonable (and uneducated) in his answer. More than 17,000 views on YouTube.

2. Hillary ‘08

Fark TV produced this parody of the wisdom of the common online man, showing what might happen if a slightly unhinged armchair consultant advised the Clinton campaign. “The picture should have cleavage, eatin’ a slice of pizza, holding a menorah with a Christmas tree, wearin’ dress shoes at a NASCAR race…” says our visor-wearin’, MySpace profilin’ hero. Almost 80,000 views on SuperDeluxe.com.

1. James Oddo: Get the f@$*& out of my office!

New York City Council Member James Oddo was interviewed by Norway’s answer to the Daily Show, and the results are hilarious. First question: “Isn’t it against the Constitution that Barack Obama runs for presidency considering the fact that he’s not an American citizen?” It quickly goes downhill from there, ending in an amazing tirade of vulgarities straight out of a Spike Lee movie. More than 660,000 views on YouTube.