I think Obama may be taken more seriously if Oprah would stick to being a talk show host and let the candidate take care of himself.

Oprah is just ridiculous

No she is doing what she thinks is right! it is America after all! Go for it for he is better than hillary!

Oprah is good at a lot of things. She is a great speaker and if she wants to give her time to Obama's campaign, "god bless her" it's her right as a citizen of this fair country.

I saw the event and here's my thoughts.
AMERICA IS BACK!! We are in the mist of rolling up our sleeves, God be with us when we get together and begin working. We are Americans---and when Americans start walking in a direction together, WE CAN DO ANYTHING! Our time is now. Go Obama, Go!

Ask NOT what Obama can do for your country.. Ask what Oprah can make Obama do for Oprah!

Ask Not what Obama can do for your country....ask what Oprah can make Obama do for Oprah....well....make her an Ambassador of some foreign country. If Obama becomes President, it will be payback time for Obama.
We are not voting for Obama because he is for giving all the illegal aliens amnesty and hasn't done a darn thing of importance including supporting the release of the illegal imprisonment of our Border Patrol Agents Compean and Ramos. Free Compean and Ramos!

Oprah is doing for Obama what Bill Clinton is doing for Hillary. Oprah had both George Bush and Al Gore on her show, and after the show, Bush pools number went up by 10 points. Oprah is an American and she has evry right to support any candidate she likes. Oprah did not tell the audience what they need to think. She told the audience to think!

I see the 'Hate-Bots' from HillaryLand are out in full force. That's what bothers so many people about her campaign and her supporters, they are so negative, and love to attack Barack. I guess that's what Hillary wants them to do, follow their leader. 'Do as I do, and do what I say.' Please continue your negative rants, because it helps voters decide between Hillary's 'attack politics', and Barack's 'Politics of Hope'. Keep it up, 'Hate-bots', we are gaining supporters with each hateful post. Thanks for you help.

It's time for America to vote for a female to be our President.
If Oprah wants Americans to think, then talk for yourself not for someone else & run for the job.
We don't need to vote for anyone that needs to have someone else do the talking for them, we have enough of that now as it is.
Someone needs to run for the job that has money, since everything that is for the president is paid for by the tax payers (the president gets free rental, electricity, phone service, room service, cooks, should I go on).
This way with the money saved maybe the presidents pay could finally go our military servicemen, teachers, police officers & firefighters. America these are the ones that deserve it, and we need to wake up & think about the ones that teach us & keep us safe.
If we can make actors, musicians, & sport players millions on top of millions of dollars with nothing in our pockets to show for it, then why not stop making the rich richer, and make the ones that really care and sacrifice
for America be as important as we treat the ones that are actors, etc.

I have three sons
The oldest one (25) is in Afghanistan for the second time.
The middle son (24) is in Iraq for the second time, both USMC
And the third (19) is in Iraq for the first time, he's in the Army.

Freedom is not Free sacrifice has had to be made to get what we do have.
Now lets use what we have wisely & do something to keep our jobs here in the USA & to make the jobs of the ones that do sacrifice for a better, safer USA earn more than the actors, musicians, & sport players, that we're oh so glad to buy the tickets for.
Thanks to all of you servicemen & women for giving so much of yourself to get so little back.
Militarymom29856

militarymom you are right, we do spend a lot of money on celebrities. We do need to stop & think about our hard earned money & what we're willing to pay to our service workers that do so much everyday.

I think the O' factor will give Obama a boost and the power of it all is the fact that Hillary's attack machine is being held at bay. You can't attack Obama's credibility with Oprah standing at his side.

i think oprah should become president she would do alot more for america than anyone else

I've admired Oprah's marketing savvy and business acumen in managing a media empire. I think her ego is overinflated, but her estimate of her own (opinion shaping) importance is probably not. I'd say if anyone asked that she is probably a good-hearted person and a benign or possible beneficial influence on society. BUT, I also think she is a lightweight; and her Obama rapture moves me not, and hurts a little by association.

this 'news article' gave me no more facts about the issues... we need a revolution against the 'news' media in this country... everyone who reads this article (and any other on this site) needs to look to see if the article deals with FACTS and ISSUES... if it doesn't we need to blog it to death with the word "ISSUES PLEASE"... of course the sole purpose of this article was to talk about celebrity and and fluff.... i call it 'infotainment'... wake up america!

ISSUES PLEASE!!!

Oprah is not a politician, and I don't think she would ever want to be president. Oprah does have pretty good judgment though, and her heart is in the right place. It seems to me she is using those assets to help America take a step back from self centered, attack machine politics. She is asking you and me to think about the choice at hand. She is asking us to try to peer through the veil of slick politics and political grandstanding to evaluate what candidates are running for the right reasons, what candidates have the right disposition to lead a divided country, and what candidates have the integrity to make the hard decisions. In this light she believes the right candidate is Barack Obama. I do too.

Oprah for pres ? Now there's an idea. A self made millionare vs. someone riding her husband's coattails. May the best woman win.

The fact that Oprah is on the campaign trail at all says so much.
To all the racists, cynics, and members of the hate-team, give it up! America's time is NOW!
Thanks to Oprah for giving her time for this great cause.
OBAMA 08!

"If someone decides to VOTE for Senator Obama as President of the United States, based on what Oprah, has to say, then our country's in a bigger MESS than I previously,thought. I believe Senator Hillary Clinton, will make an OUTSTANDING President of the United States."

Oprah is a private citizen endorsing a very good friend that is running for president. She is doing nothing wrong.

Barack and Oprah have known each other for years. It just so happens Barack has a friend in very high places -- don't fault him.

And he has distant cousins in very high places -- Cheney and Bush are his distant cousins.

Barack is a once in a lifetime candidate that wants to help bring about positive change for America!