Blago says he considered Oprah as Obama replacement

Impeached Governor Rod Blagojevich's New York media tour started off with a bang this morning. While appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America," the Chicago Democrat says he considered choosing Oprah Winfrey to fill the US Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama.

"It came to me from a friend," Blagojevich said of Winfrey. "And then along the considerations we discussed whether or not it made any sense, she seemed to be someone who would help Barack Obama in a significant way become president. She was obviously someone with a much broader bully pulpit than other senators. She probably wouldn't take it. And then we talked about if you offered it to her, how would you do it in a way that it didn't look like it was some [unintelligible] to try to embarrass her?"

We've got at least 12 more hours of Blago eruptions. Meanwhile, four hours from now, his impeachment trial starts. Blagojevich and his attorneys won't be there.

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