The blob monster defeated, the scene fades to black as a title card reading, “THE END,” fills the screen. Seconds later, a faint gurgling begins, soon joined an ominous coda: “OR IS IT??”

If South Carolina governor Nikki Haley’s close-mouthed audition tape didn’t make her political aspirations explicitly clear last night, perhaps the AP can clarify: She would very much like to work in the White House.