Picking Oprah to be your president makes as much sense as picking Oprah to be your brain surgeon, and for the same reason.

I want no celebrities, big or small screen does not matter... No Celebrities in any ticket.

I personally believe Oprah is over-rated.

OK..Here it is: I would like to see anyone being in charge of the USA who isn't an "OLD MALE". As a woman I am so over watching old males wrecking our whole planet. But I can not complain about my own country. Who is our ruler? Google Prime Minister of New Zealand. Jacinda Adern.

I completely agree, trying to elect her would be a horrid idea and in a way puts us (Liberals, since by and large they're the ones calling for this) on the same level as Trump supporters. That's a level I don't want to stoop to. If he's not too old, I would vote for Bernie again, personally.

Politics is demanding and sensitive. The stakes are high. People with political experience and demonstrated competency (at a bare minimum) should be entrusted with office.

Unfortunately, the field seems to attract people with certain less-than-desirable characteristics. Frustrating catch-22.

I'd still rather go with a career politician.

We need a leader not a cheerleader for con artists. Oprah's endorsements of charlatans shows that she doesn't have the ability to choose true experts.

There’s been that idiotic, ‘is he someone you’d like to have a beer with’ question out there for years... Sure, but I doubt Thomas Jefferson or Abraham Lincoln would have gotten much from me… They voted for Bush Jr. because they’d rather have a beer with him than Al Gore..?

Now this celebrity crap. OK, I’d never even peeked at trump doing his ..unreality show. Then, finally, I looked over the “highlights.” A narcissistic nitwit ‘firing people’ as a powertrip..? That’s what America’d been watching? At least Reagan could deliver a line…

Opera… Again, I’ve not watched 10 minutes of her programs … but haven’t missed a presidential debate.. Democracy in the US is not working, folks ~

its got to be better than the twat you have now. even my dog is.

We need a leader not a cheerleader for con artists. Oprah's endorsements of charlatans shows that she doesn't have the ability to choose true experts.

She's a woo-meister.

Many people are dead today because Oprah's promotion of The Secret, anti Vax Jenny, and Suzanne Sommers. Let's not forget Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil.

Utterly gullible. And dangerously so.

Hell no on Oprah. (though still better than Trump)

No. Knowledge of government and law is critical.

She wants all old white people to die. She can go to her Hell.

Totally agree with everyone. #noprah

Unfortunately we have a reality POTUS. This could be a trend in politics. Major personalities may be our next candidates. They have to be strong and have name recognition. They are going to have to debate trump. Cabinet members should be experts in their fields.

America suffers from a cult of celebrity, and learns nothing from even recent history. The rest of the world is laughing at the US now frothier elect of the great orange blowhard celeb Trump what do you think will happen if they elect another celeb in a row? Like WTF is wrong with you it isn't Dancing with the Star it is electing a chief lawmaker and Leader of the largest military machine on earth.

I hope this random nonsense blows over and is forgotten within a week or two. A terrible reactionary idea that shouldn't be fostered one bit. One random celebrity is not the countermeasure to the one that is currently in office. What are her policies? Where doesn't she stand on important issues? WHY her over one of the many other politically savvy individuals? Running a business or show IS NOT the same as running a country and handling foreign affairs. There are people who have spent many years of their lives climbing the political ladder (who aren't corrupt pieces of garbage) that people should be looking at and endorsing over some clueless celebrity who thinks lightning might strike twice.

It helps no one, especially the Democrats. You should have some political, judicial, or diplomatic experience if you even hope to contend for one of the loftiest positions in the free world. Many jobs have entry requirements, and president should come with rather strict criteria.

Well... It's a warm and fuzzy for some people to giggle about but she can't win a debate against Trump even if she had the right answers.

What you need (and us here in the UK too) is a change to how people are elected ie the system itself needs a route change as its designed to exclude 'real' people in favour of the 'rich' and 'connected'. The deals they have to make with the 'dirty money' lobyists just to campaign its so corrupt.

I hear so many Brits now complaining about brexit but 5 years previously we had another referendum to replace the 'first past the post system' with 'Proportional Representation' but it was voted down very hastily with little to no debate like both the 'main' parties wanted to sweep it under the rug as soon as possible. If we had changed the system back then the brexit thing wouldn't have been an issue.

Regarding the US as an interested observer looking in your two party system is even worse and don't even get me started on the link between 'professed' religious belief and political support, so much for the separation of church and state. Its a pity people aren't as vigorus in defending that part of the constitution as they are for the right to bear arms ??

Our democratic utopia is pretty much an illusion imho. We are more like a twisted mixture of Huxley's Brave New World and Orwell's 1984

It's not about who you want it's about who you think the average voter will vote for.You can put the perfect candidate up there and the average voter won't vote for him if he don't appeal to them. The presidency has turned into a popularity contest it shouldn't be that way but that's the way it is for now on.