Rod Blagojevich eyed Oprah Winfrey for seat By: Andy Barr June 28, 2010 12:56 PM EDT Former Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich considered naming Oprah Winfrey to President Barack Obama’s Senate seat. “Nobody would assail this pick,” Blagojevich said of potentially naming Oprah to the seat, according to a taped conversation of the former governor made public Monday as part of his ongoing corruption trial. “She's a kingmaker…she made Obama,” Blagojevich saidnof Oprah, who endorsed Obama during the presidential primaries. Blagojevich is accused of trying to sell or trade Obama’s Senate seat for a high profile position in Washington, but...
