Picking winners for the political Oscars

>>> the perfect excuse to hand out our political oscars. back with me now jonathan allen and bill schneider who dressed for the occasion , resident fellow making jonathan look bad.

>> that's not hard.

>> we'll start with you. bill schneider your pick for best picture . what do you have?

>> it was a terrible tragedy that ended in a touching love story . chris christie and barack obama in "a sandy love story ."

>> the biker chick, joe biden in the diner with a motorcycle babe. looking like she is on his lap. apparently not the case.

>> what makes that picture, look at the guy to the vice president's left. look at the look that he is giving either the woman -- best actress ?

>> i say claire mccastle. she is a democrat but performed in the republican senate primary. she rang an ad calling todd aiken who invented something called legitimate rape. she called him the most conservative and it worked.

>> how about you, jonathan ? best actress ?

>> i will bend the rules and go from january of this year, beyonce at the inaugural address with her lip sync .

>> best actor , who do you have?

>> carl rove 's melt down on fox news on election night . that was a viewer performance.

>> you have bill clinton for best actor .

>> supporting actor . he was a supporter of barack obama with his wonderful speech that everyone applauded where he said what new ideas do we bring to washington, a one word answer, arithmetic.

>> how about you, jonathan ? best actor ?

>> best actor is chris christie . i say it in the best sense of the word. his response to hurricane sandy, superstorm sandy, bipartisan embrace of president obama at a time when his people needed help even though there was pressure on him not to do that.

>> supporting actor who do you have?

>> scott bayo who endorsed mitt romney . it is always fun to talk about him.

>> i love you women.

>> we enjoy that. what about best original song ? take a listen to your pick and explain it to us afterwards? oh beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain for purple mountains ' majesty above the fruited plain america america god shed his grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood

>> he has a decent singing voice.

>> screen play here. who do you have?

>> i have this from hillary. folks have written funny stuff, texts she might be sending to other people. i think that was the best original screen play of the year.

>> how about you?

>> best original screen play goes to the "new york times" blogernate silver who provided the narrative of the election. if there was a big winner i think it was mr. silver.

>> jonathan allen , bill schneider . i appreciate you playing along. bill schneider we appreciate the bow tie , good sir.