Oceans 11, Obama 08

This interesting nugget was burried in a story from The Australian on George Clooney's emergence as a high-profile anti-war critic:

"The Democratic leadership was scared, and it's too bad because it has come back to haunt them," Clooney said.

In what appeared to be a snub to Senator Clinton, Clooney said his choice for president was Barack Obama, a brilliant young senator who sprang to prominence with a powerful speech to the Democratic presidential convention last year about his mixed-race roots.

Most Washington analysts agree that Senator Obama, who like Clooney is 44, has a strong chance of becoming America's first black president, but expect him to wait until 2012.