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IPPY Awards
Bill Scheider's IPpy Awards will be presented on Friday, March 22.

 

And now... the IPpys!

Bill Schneider presents real awards for real acting

(CNN) -- The stars! The glitz! The glamor!

Yes, it's that time of the year again. No, we're not talking about the Oscars. We're talking about the IPpys!

Get it? IP: "Inside Politics." It's the award all politicians want on their mantels.

OK, OK, maybe not the most coveted; that may be a slight exaggeration. Still, the IPpy does recognize some of the nation's best theatrics - and they don't take place on a sound stage or a remote location.

Every year, Bill Schneider merges politics and Hollywood. If Washington were a movie, who would have been the best actor? If the party switch by Sen. Jim Jeffords were a Hollywood screenplay, would it have nabbed a real Oscar? Would "Enron" the movie be a blockbuster?

Take a look at Schneider's list of nominees and tell us who you think earned an IPpy this year. Then join Schneider on "Inside Politics" at 4 p.m. EST on March 22 to find out who he picked.


 Best Actress
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Janet Reno - for her role as a politician
Janet Reno
Hillary Clinton
Jane Swift
Laura Miller
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Sen. Hillary Clinton -- for her showdown with federal budget director Mitch Daniels over funding to rebuild New York City
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Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift -- for her tragic performance and exit from the race
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Dallas Mayor Laura Miller -- for her transformation from reporter to politician
 Best Supporting Actress
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Condoleezza Rice -- for being the president's right-hand "man"
Condoleezza Rice
Shirley Franklin
Nancy Pelosi
Barbara Boxer
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Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin -- for cutting her salary and getting the city's budget in shape
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Minority Whip Nancy Pelosi of California -- for being the highest-ranking woman in Congress
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Sen. Barbara Boxer of California -- for her fiery performance at the Enron hearings
 Best Special Effects
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Jim Jeffords, I-Vermont -- for changing the face of the Senate
Jim Jeffords
Jeffrey Skilling
Bill Simon
Enron executives
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Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling -- for setting off fireworks at the House and Senate hearings
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California gubernatorial nominee Bill Simon -- for turning the California GOP primary upside down
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Enron executives -- for sending the company up in smoke
 Best Actor
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President Bush -- for pulling the country together after 9/11
 
President Bush
Donald Rumsfeld
Rudy Giuliani
Tom Daschle
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Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld -- for his ratings-grabbing Pentagon briefings
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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani -- for his leadership following the terror attacks
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Senator Tom Daschle -- for leading the most closely divided Senate in the history of the United States
 Best Supporting Actor
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Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy -- for pairing up with the president to pass education reform
 
Edward Kennedy
Rudy Giuliani
Tony Blair
John Breaux
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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani -- for his leadership following the terror attacks
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair -- for supporting the United States in the fight against terror
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Sen. John Breaux -- for playing the moderate Democrat who has the ear of the president
 Achievement in Directing
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Gen. Tommy Franks -- for running the war in Afghanistan
 
Tommy Franks
Dick Cheney
Hamid Karzai
Colin Powell
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Vice President Dick Cheney -- for organizing government in the shadows
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Hamid Karzai -- for keeping Afghanistan together
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Secretary of State Colin Powell -- for building the coalition against terror


 
 
 
 







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