Barack Obama : The race for the White House
In September 2007, Obama got what some might call a super endorsement from the "queen of daytime talk," Oprah Winfrey, who went on to raise $3 million for the candidate. "There are those who say it's not his time, that he should wait his turn. Think about where you'd be in your life if you'd waited when people told you to," said Winfrey, seen here campaigning with Obama in Iowa. "I'm sick of politics as usual." Elise Amendola / Associated Press
