Oprah

"Illinois' beleaguered Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today that when he was deciding who would take President Obama's Senate seat he considered appointing talk show queen Oprah Winfrey.

Blagojevich made the revelation ... this morning on "Good Morning America" on the day his impeachment trial begins. That trial is expected to toss him out of office."

Read : http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/US/story?id=6730220&page=1.

Indeed, why not ? She just may be smarter than most senators, and she most certainly is much wealthier ...