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When asked if he would trade lives with Oprah Winfrey, he said that he "would change bank accounts, but I love my life...
...every imaginable professional background now call themselves coaches--twice the number there were in 1998. Some 4,000 would-be coaches are enrolled in a telephone-based training program called Coach U, which takes about two years and $4,300 to complete. And the field is benefiting from the Oprah effect. When her talk show last spring featured coach Cheryl Richardson (author of the best seller Take Time for Your Life), who conducted "lifestyle makeovers" on the air, the Coach U phones lighted...
...character but had trouble finding a way to do it that didn't sound whiny or snide. Once Gore successfully amputated Bill Clinton and moved the debate toward the issues, Bush's character attacks actually began to backfire. Bush returned to the sunny side of the street on Oprah and helped stop his slide; now he's hoping Gore will help him even further. If Gore's demeanor makes it hard for him to make an emotional connection, the exaggeration interferes with the intellectual one as well. Every time Gore embellishes his story about his dog's pharmacy bill...
...Oprah, Bush was on friendly, issue-free terrain, where he gained ground just by planting a big one, big time, on the queen of daytime talk. The week before, Gore too had done well on Oprah, but the kid who asked for extra-credit assignments was not made for the confession format. Gore goofed by merely shaking hands ("No kiss?" Oprah wondered aloud). Worse, he pulled the curtain back only on Tipper's depression, rather than serving up any dark night of his own soul. Bush, on the other hand, delivered the emotional arc Oprah's fans tune...
Have we come to the point that appearing likable on Regis and Oprah is as important as doing well in the debates? Really, how much do we have to like the guy whose job is grappling with international crises? It's not as if we're going to be invited over for hoedowns on Saturday night. Even Clinton could squeeze in only 404 sleepovers a year...