2008 California Election Forum

Over 80,000 people came to hear Oprah Winfrey endorse Barack Obama in Iowa last week.

It was like a religious revival at the Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire rallies. It was a sort of "Good Housekeeping" seal of approval.

My wife and I watched as Oprah sounded like a preacher during her first-ever presidential endorsement.

She made it clear that she strongly backs the Illinois Democrat, calling him a "politician who has an ear for eloquence and a tongue dipped in the unvarnished truth."

She also said, "There are those who say that Barack Obama should wait his turn. But none of us is God. We don't know what the future holds, so we must respond to the pressures and the fortunes of history when the moment strikes."

She also said that he is a man who loves mercy and would do justly. While her talk used Biblical references, remember, she is not a Christian.