First stop, Des Moines, Iowa:
DES MOINES, Dec. 8 — Oprah Winfrey put her star power behind Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday, telling a rapt audience of thousands that she is joining the fight for the White House because she is “so tired” of the status quo in Washington.
“You know I’ve never done this before and it feels like I’m out of my pew,” Winfrey told the crowd. “I’m nervous.”
Without mentioning Obama’s chief rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), by name, Winfrey made a vigorous case against her. Winfrey said she is concerned that “if we continued to do the same things over and over and over again, I know that you get the same results.”
The popular talk-show host’s dramatic appearance at a packed arena overlooking the state Capitol — her first on behalf of a presidential candidate — helped underscore the high stakes in the nation’s first caucuses, scheduled for Jan. 3. Running neck-and-neck in the polls here and unable to predict how voters will react to sharp clashes close to the holidays, Clinton and Obama (D-Ill.) are campaigning furiously, with an emphasis on female voters.
Clinging to her role as the national front-runner, Clinton scrambled to match the moment with her own advocates, bringing in both her elderly mother and her daughter, Chelsea, to campaign with her for the first time. Clinton struck a low-key note, all but conceding that Obama’s high-wattage events would dominate the weekend news, and continued her efforts to get Iowans to turn out for her on caucus day.
“I always think it’s better to go to the caucuses with a buddy. Today, I’ve got some buddies with me,” Clinton told an audience in introducing her family.
Something tells me Oprah will be a bigger draw.
December 9th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Oprah has looked bored for years.Vice president of the U.S.A and King maker for president Obama is the natural outcome of her incredible celebrity.Obama/Winfry 08.Theres your ticket.
December 9th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
As an citizen of the United States of America Oprah has the same right that all of us enjoy to express her opinion and support for her candidate. Each of us has a responsibility to investigate exactly what each candidate truly stands for and that they are most loyal to our country and all it’s citizens and not for personal gain, fame or glory…or to be the first of a segment of our society to accomplish the goal of becoming President.
Let us all honestly ask ourselves, of those running for this office, who can we TRUST to do the job of protecting U.S. citizens (the champions of the free world)? Who will champion the cause of what the majority of us stand for? Who among these candidates loves Americans more than themselves and believes in what we stand for?
Please use the wisdom God gave you when choosing the next President for my family, your family, your neighbors, your State, and our World …our very future as a nation depends on your decision.
Please make it carefully and prayerfully.
December 9th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
I do’nt think it is fair that one of the most powerful women in t. v. should back a candidate,I am sure a lot of her fans will just follow her choice, not because of Obama’s credentials but because of her following…..
I like Obama, but I do’nt think he has enough experience to run the country.