Critics and pro-Obama types are still complaining about ABC’s handling of last week’s debate, but the race for tomorrow’s Pennsylvania Democratic primary turned into a sideshow long before ABC showed up, thanks largely to the candidates themselves. The need to appeal to regular, small-town Pennsylvanians had both candidates posing for the usual blue-collar photo-ops, with Hillary Clinton throwing back shots (of Crown Royal) and Barack Obama stopping off to bowl in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he invited a torrent of derisive commentary by bowling a 37 in seven frames.

I don’t think that Obama’s terrible bowling score proves that he’s out of touch with small-town Americans. (His comments at that San Francisco fundraiser, on the other hand…) Nevertheless, why pass up a good opportunity to have a little fun at the Barack-star’s expense? Here at National Review Online, we invented a game in honor of Obama that I think the whole family can enjoy. It’s called Barack Obama Bowl-O-Rama, and the rules are simple: Whoever gets closest to 37 in the first seven frames is the winner. You bust if you go over 37, and any ties are settled by high scores in frames eight through ten.

The NRO crew fielded seven players. Three of us scored exactly 37 in seven frames to qualify for the three-frame playoff. The winner ended with a final score of 83, more than doubling Obama’s score in the last three frames. We brought along the camera, so you can watch the inaugural Obama Bowl this primary election eve:

We also invented a game in honor of Hillary’s newfound fondness for whiskey. We just call that one “happy hour.”

UPDATE: Yes, yes, we “rickbowled” you at the end of the clip. We had to do it after the phenomenon made the Corner last month.