And now for something completely different (and less serious)...
I was reading Zack Dennis' diary at dKos a couple days ago, in which he attempted to cast "Primary '08."
There's been other "casting the primary" discussions before, and I thoroughly enjoy 'em. It's fun matching actors to the real-life politicos who've been occupying our TVs for months and years.
Below is the list I've put together (with a few borrowed from Zack and others).
Now it's your turn to help fill in some of the remaining gaps or make alternate suggestions. Central Casting is always looking for ideas, so even if someone's penciled in for a role, we'll bump them if you come up with a better fit. (And if you think someone's missing from the script entirely, add 'em in.)
However, there are two rules:
So here goes (and I apologize that the picture formatting makes the diary stretch out a while)...
Hillary Clinton: Sharon Stone 
or Susan Sarandon (gchaucer's recommendation) 
Bill Clinton: Warren Beatty (not a lookalike, but Beatty's got starpower befitting a president.) 
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Another suggestion for Bill was David Morse 
Chelsea Clinton: Alison Lohman 

Barack Obama: Will Smith (again, it's about the starpower. We need to sell tickets!) 
Now, if we're not concerned with box-office (maybe we're aiming for that artsy Sundance vibe?), then we could use Harry Lennix instead
. Even less-known but most closely resembling Obama is Scott Lawrence. 
Michelle Obama: Kimberly Elise 

John McCain: Richard Dreyfus 

Cindy McCain: Joan Allen 

Howard Dean: Mark Harmon 

George W. Bush: Chris Cooper 

Mark Penn: Edward Herrmann 

David Axelrod: Jeffrey Tambor (not sure about this one, but there's not many balding guys with mustaches I can think of) 

John Edwards: Bill Paxton (he even sounds just like him) 
Mitt Romney: Bruce Campbell 

Bill Richardson: Graham Greene 

Rudy Giuliani: Joe Pantoliano 

Mike Huckabee: Kevin Spacey 

Ron Paul: John Mahoney (a.k.a. Frasier's dad) 

Joe Biden: ???
Fred Thompson: Kelsey Grammar (with makeup)

Chris Dodd: Peter Gallagher (with makeup and silver wig) 

Mike Gravel: Harve Presnell (of Fargo fame; w/o mustache) 

Dennis Kucinich: ???
Duncan Hunter, Jim Gilmore, Tommy Thompson, Sam Brownback: Just cast some extras. No one cared about these guys even when they were running.
Tom Tancredo: Harvey Keitel (no one cared about him, either, but at least he was nuts, and nuts makes for good cinema) 

Geraldine Ferrarro: Lee Meriwether 

Jeremiah Wright: Walter Mosley (the author; this may be cheating, but he looks more like Wright than any actor I could think of) 
Ed Rendell: Jon Polito (sounds like him, too; w/o mustache) 

Chris Matthews: Philip Seymour Hoffman (thanks to RigsoHC) 

Tim Russert: Brendan Gleeson 

Keith Olberman: John Larroquette (though he's considerably older) 

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