Obama Won't Demote Oprah to VP

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| Thu May. 17, 2007 3:02 PM PDT

Via Taegan Goodard:

"I think Oprah is far more powerful than a vice president. I think that would be a demotion for her."

-- Sen. Barack Obama, interviewed on MSNBC this morning, on whether he would consider Oprah Winfrey as his running mate.

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