After Obama was elected, Armisen quickly started sandbagging his Obama impersonation and holding back, using his own voice and not even trying to pull it off.
One of the reasons that Saturday Night Live sucks is because lame-ass comics like Fred Armisen are considered 'veteran' cast members.
I didn’t think he was very good even when he was trying, and I agree-,most of the time he wasn’t trying—except to make Obama likable.