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Big O Is Outshining Senator O

Posted Dec 9, 07 10:19 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – “It’s Obama time!” Oprah Winfrey roared today before thousands of supporters at a campaign rally in South Carolina, but the Queen of Talk is upstaging the presidential hopeful, Newsweek’s Howard Fineman says. After remarks from Michelle Obama, Big O eloquently championed Obama’s cause, suggesting that he was continuing the legacy of Dr. King and would restore hope to jaded Americans.

When Obama finally took the stage, he said, “I’m the third best speaker on the stage.” “Unfortunately, he was right,” Fineman sniffs. The Illinois senator looked like “a man-child doted over and presented by two powerful, commanding women.” And he’ll need them: a new South Carolina poll shows Obama leading among black voters but losing out among women to Hillary Clinton.

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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks as Oprah Winfrey reacts at a rally in Manchester, N.H. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., his wife Michelle, right, and Oprah Winfrey wave to the crowd at a rally in Manchester, N.H. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)   (Associated Press)
Talk-show diva Oprah Winfrey speaks at a rally for Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen.Barack Obama, D-Ill., and his wife Michelle embrace as Oprah Winfrey campaigns with them Sunday, Dec. 9, 2008, during a rally at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia,...   (Associated Press)
Oprah Winfrey speaks at a rally for Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)   (Associated Press)
Oprah Winfrey speaks at a rally for Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.. right, waves to supporters with Oprah Winfrey, during a rally, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)   (Associated Press)
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