does anyone realize that Oprah dropped Hillary in 2008 as soon as Barack became prevalent. The Clintons still wield power>
This is one aspect that few mention....the Oprah moment in 2006 (early spring) when she said she’d put her endorsement with Obama instead of Hillary....this was before he was even talking of a serious run. When the smoke cleared in the summer of 2008 with the Democratic Convention in full bloom....analysts figured that one single endorsement and occasional appearances in the primary period...got 2-million votes for Obama. Without that, Hillary probably would have passed him and won easily against McCain.
You can look back now and realize as much power as Hillary had, and the influence of the Clinton Foundation...they were not a match for the public persona of Oprah.
One other aspect here...when in the early days of the Obama campaign (2007)...he desperately needed campaign funds. Oprah held a fund-raiser at the California home and it’s reported that a minimum of 3-million came out of this one evening. Without that funding, it would have handicapped Obama, and Hillary would have held the advantage via the Clinton Foundation.