Media mogul Oprah Winfrey, one of the few celebrities whose political endorsement actually meant something (see "the Oprah Effect" of 2008), is now toying with a presidential bid of her own.
In a recent interview with Bloomberg TV's David Rubenstein, the businessman and big time philanthropist asked Winfrey,
you know, one billionaire to another, what her plans were for 2020.
"Have you ever thought that, given the popularity you have - we haven't broken the glass ceiling yet for women - that you could actually run for president and actually be elected?" asked Rubenstein.
The live audience, predictably, went a little nuts at the mere mention of Winfrey's name in connection (even hypothetically) to the White House. For her part, Winfrey, who has been in the TV business for nearly 40 years, paused for dramatic effect.
"I never considered the question even a possibility," she said, before adding, "I just thought, 'Oh ... oh?'"
