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Monique was referring to the politics of campaigning. There's a great deal of it and it very much affects how people vote, typically. In the past, those who didn't go out and "beg" for their Oscar consideration simply didn't win. She made a point of not campaigning, personally, and saying that she appreciated the nomination but she wanted the performance to speak for itself, not to speak for it beyond what she did in the film. A lot of the prognostication groupies believed that this would mean the Academy would snub her.
As for George, I think his humor is deadpan. I laughed at him several different times they cut to him.
And as for the glares at George, I took that to be a joke about how Baldwin was slated to be the dashing leading man, The idea of a "rivalry" between them would be humorous because Badwin's career took a turn away from the Clooney somewhere along the line and there is no such competition. (I personally love the turn his career took - he's terrific on 30 Rock.)
My favorite jokes were about sex with Meryl Streep. Alec and Steve, Sandra... mousepod, what were you saying last week about Meryl not being the sexy type?
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