Ratings may be it. But Oprah is a creature of the late 1990’s through the GWB years. By the time Obama came along, the strongest wind was already going out of her sails. Oprah remains a sentimental favorite among the deluded, and the willfully ignorant, many of whom probably don’t even vote. They consider themselves helpless victims of ‘The Man’. These are often the same folks who distrust most police officers.
She’s reliant on White, Suburban, Stay at Home, Cackling Housewives hoping to get a free car.