As well, unfortunately politics do play into why some films win at the Oscars instead of others.

From what I've read from the mindless religious-freveront armies behind CRASH, they think its a "poignant" tale of racism in modern-day Los Angeles. Thing is, is the film itself worthy of this praise, or political inspirations found within it that people take ahold of? I say this because CRASH, if it was only a HBO movie instead of being released in theaters, would have won a few Emmys, applauded as a very nice effort, and then forgotten.

Then again, thats the only explanation as to why CRASH got nominated over something like A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, which doesn't make people inflicted with white guilt feel "racially sound" like with CRASH(nevermind that reportedly a good number of black Academy voters hated CRASH...and I don't actually blame them).

BTW, I'm sure Clooney will win an Oscar, since Hollywood loves him very much, though Best Supporting Actor is the most likely bet for victory.