Being Frank

This is from Mickey Kaus.

First he quotes Bill O'Reilly:

Frank Langella should win best actor. His performance as President Nixon in "Frost-Nixon" is simply off-the-chart brilliant. But Mr. Langella was [sic] humanized Nixon, so he will lose political points from some members of the very liberal academy. That means it's between Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn. With gay marriage being a big Hollywood issue, you do the math.

Kaus notes O'Reilly's prediction was correct, but then asks, quite simply (too simply):

Frank Langella?

I have no idea what this means. Is it strange to him that O'Reilly singles out Langella? Does he question Langella's nomination? Does he think it odd Langella be taken so seriously? Langella, repeating his Tony-winning role for the screen, does a magnificent job. He'd be nominated almost any year, and would likely win in quite a few.

Kaus?