Star Power

How can you assume that Oprah is endorsing Obama "because he's black"? Do you have the power to read minds?? She may have looked around and decided that Obama is the best candidate for the job. There's no tellng what's her motivation. He may not be your idea candidate but that doesn't mean he's not what someone else feels they want. That's why we can vote, so we can select the candidate that the majority wants. So the best way to to make your voice heard is to GET OUT THERE AND VOTE.
Frankly I wish there was a "None of the Above Lever" because so many times I look at the candidates and can't find one that is what I want.
I really wish that the canidates would do away with the idea that they need to tear all the othr candidates down and tell me what their plans and goals are for our country. When I'm hiring a new employee I don't expect them to sit in my office and tell me why the other candidates for the job won't work. I want to hear what they have done and how they plan to do the job they want hired for. What are they going to do to fix the mess the last employee (President) left behind?

To me, oratory does not replace substance. Indeed, in the history of national campaigns, not to mention sermons in the church, the former can be a opaque mask of the latter!

Burt

Oprah could care less about Obama and Obama could care less about Oprah. They both have hidden agendas, her for her SELF and to be seen as this black Philanthropist......give me a break. If she really cares about black people, she can pick any ghettoes in any big cities from NY to L.A. and help those brothers out. Everything she does she'll have a stinking media there to pump that SELF again. And Obama.... good luck. You know what his agenda is, this guys could care less about America. I could just see this two going at it: it's your world Oprah!! No baby it's your world Obama...No baby it's your world. Give me a break... I'm black and I'm proud. When we'll have a black candidate worth voting for we would know it. And we surely don't need a TV personality to convince us who he is. This "Obama' is not it.

Where was this backlash when Spielburg endorsed Hilary? What is the difference? Why is it that most articles that are posted on msnbc spotlight authors who always give a negative spin to Obama's appearances. Could that be an edorsement in itself?

Did anyone catch Chris Rock at the Apollo introducing Obama to the audience at a fund raiser?. He made a joke about blacks supporting and voting for Clinton. He told the audience they'd be "real embarrassed" if Obama won and they had been backing Clinton instead. "You'd say, 'I had that white lady! What was I thinking," and Obama, who was standing right next to him said nothing.....now imagine any white comedian saying..."Why did I vote for the black man" all hell would have broken loose. so don't say it's not a racial thing, because it is.

elliot - " dr phil doesn't look black" - she knows how to make a buck my friend. dr phil, r. ray. It's business.

A cursory reading of the comments shows that America is indeed quite ignorant. I???ve read attacks on Obama ???because he???s a Muslim,??? attacks on Oprah for trying to be a ???Southerner,??? and even attacks on ???colored people??? because we have the sense to KNOW that America is all about race. Give me a break. I don???t know what Obama ???is???? He could be a Muslim, so what? Not all Muslims think alike, right? Of course not, just like all Americans don???t think alike, which is evident by the comments below. As for Oprah, she is a Southerner, with or without the drawl. Last time I checked Mississippi IS apart of the South. Now for the biggest lie Americans love to taut: Race doesn???t matter. Of course it does, why do you think we???ve never had a black (or African American for you PC folk) president. Do ???y???all??? (I???m a Southerner, too!) think that it is a coincidence that all of our presidents have been wealthy white men. Don???t be so na??ve.

Wow, Howard... Man-child?

I was expecting this inside-the-beltway CW that the huge crowds generated over this weekend would be absurdly portrayed as somehow a negative for Obama. And I even expected the predictable "Oprah overshadowed Obama" take...

But, to read a supposedly respected journalist stoop to such small-minded definitions of strength as you've done here, well that's just more than a little disappointing...

I heard that Ophra gave Obama a blumpkin? Is that true?

Good candidacy should be determined by ideals such as honesty, character, determination and vision. Color of ones skin, parentage and such factors are trivial. Look at the previous Presidents and rate the performance of their administrations on the basis of the color of their skin and parentage and be honest with your vote. Barack Obama, regardless of his race, parentage, experience in office etc represents hope and future. America is destined to change how it is governed. Do the other candidates espouse this in their talk, representation?

Here's another one... fresh off the press... for all of you still saying Obama is Muslim... so ridiculous...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22181497/

Wake up!
The only reason Oprah does anything is a black thing. She is the most racial person on the planet, next to Sharpton