Ticket Replay: No need to vote today, Oprah's so sure of Obama she's already got her inaugural gown

This weekend The Ticket is republishing some of our favorite items from the recent political season. This one anticipating the Jan. 20 inauguration originally appeared in this space about lunchtime on election day, Nov. 4, 2008:

Well-known Chicagoan and constant cover subject of "O" magazine Oprah Winfrey shed her nonpartisanship this presidential election cycle and not only endorsed her man Barack Obama.

She also actively campaigned for him in the primary, drawing huge crowds in Iowa (which he won), North Carolina (which he won) and New Hampshire (which he lost to another Democratic woman).

This despite a dip in her show's ratings among women who'd rather not get politics there or were disappointed that a woman who built her empire on women did not support the first serious woman candidate for president, Sen. Hillary Clinton.

But that's ancient history now.

According to our pals over at TMZ, the female big O called into Chicago radio station Power 105 this morning and told host Ed Lover that she's so sure her guy is gonna win, she's already picked out her Obama inaugural gown.

So now you don't need to vote or even watch the results tonight.

--Andrew Malcolm

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