Oprama?

When a professor asked me who I'd like to be, if anyone (alive or dead)... I answered "Oprah". To me, it's simple. She has more power than most people in the country. She tells her audience to buy a book, the next day the copies are sold out. She says no more beef, no one's eating it. This lady's ridiculous.
At a fundraiser for Barack, Oprah invited celebs and over 1500 guests. In order to keep costs in the campaign legal limits, tickets to attend were $2,300. Celebs of all kinds got to go: Stevie Wonder, Chris Rock Cindy Crawford.... But here's my favorite part: "Members of the media were barred from the event." (nytimes.com)
WHAT? How does this make sense? She sent notes out to invitees that not only would they not allow cameras or recording devices... they would also not accept any gifts. From a political standpoint... a good idea. From Oprah's standpoint... stupid. Oprah wants celebrities to give Obama money, and clearly with this kind of event, she's going to get press coverage... but she avoids letting press into the actual party. And yet... Oprah's biggest talent is being her own media base. What she says goes.... and spreads.
In a show about mad cow disease, Oprah told people to stop buying beef. The beef industry was so affected by it that they sued her. ("No Beef with Beef"). If I went anywhere and told people to stop buying anything... no one would even listen, let alone start a defamation suit over it. This is because after she said it, the beef industry lost millions of dollars in sales. The thing is, whether she admits it or not, she has power over the country. She endorses anything - even, say, a political candidate - and people listen. They don't know why they listen, but they do. The fact that she has no credibility or political experience doesn't matter either.
To put it clearly, I don't like Oprah. I think that when someone of such little credibility has so much power.... nothing good can come out of it. Endorsing Obama is probably going to influence the election more than most people think. Not only does Illinois basically love him... they also love her. By endorsing him, she just won Illinois for him. She most likely also won all Oprah fans... which is an ungodly number.
All in all... I think Oprah and Obama should become the next Hollywood-Washington allies. If they're lucky, Oprah will get in with the Democrats, and Obama will get billions of dollars and millions of votes.
I suggest: Oprama. It's the next hot Bennifer of this election. As much as I don't like Oprah... it was political genius for Obama to accept this party slash fundraiser slash social ladder climbing appearance.