Word: winfrey
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...Without question, Winfrey's foray onto the campaign trail will get Obama more publicity and a chance to convert her fans into Obama supporters...
...Winfrey's endorsement - and her announcement that she will appear with Obama at campaign events in Iowa, South Carolina, and New Hampshire on December 8 and 9 - helps bring the following four things to Obama: campaign cash, celebrity, excitement and big crowds...
...four things that Obama has on his own in great abundance - without Winfrey's help - are campaign cash, celebrity, excitement and big crowds...
...might seem that the support and upcoming appearances of Winfrey are surely a net plus for Obama. His campaign manager David Plouffe tells TIME that she is a "transcendent figure," who has avoided sullying herself in politics before and, thus, will provide "a newness and freshness" in appealing to the female and older voters whom Obama is trying to reach...
...None of these Obama supporters are, of course, as famous as Oprah Winfrey - or particularly famous at all. But their validation - that Obama's brand of experience and his foreign policy vision make him qualified to lead America's military and protect the nation's national security - could well do more for Obama than anything a talk show host (even a talk show host as powerful as Winfrey...