Speculation has begun that Barack Obama, should he win the presidency, might offer a cabinet position to feel-good diva, Oprah Winfrey. A rumor begun in blog from the online version of the Financial Times, but Oprah's spokesperson says there've been no overtures yet, and Clinton press secretary, Dee Dee Myers, reminds us that taking a government position would be, for billionaire Oprah, "like a 100,000 percent paycut."
Still it's interesting to speculate, as The Chicago Tribune does, on what Oprah might offer the world of politics:
Imagine, just for a moment: A small stage, softly lit and stylishly decorated. Four soft burgundy chairs and a faint scent of lavender candles.
Seated from left to right: Vladimir Putin, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong Il and Oprah Winfrey. The men hold the fate of the world in their hands. But Oprah holds the keys to three new cars.
"You get a car! You get a car! You get a car!"
Bingo.
World peace.
What do you think? Could Oprah bring something the United States needs to the executive branch?
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