Just speculation at this point but.....

[henryp]

Not saying trump is a decent prez. Far from it. But right now i fail to see why Oprah would be a good one. Maybe if indeed she ran, she could show why she actually would make a good leader for one of The mayor world-players. But until she does, i'm going to assume people are banking on fighting The fire of The trump-circus with a similar fire of their own.
I might be mistaken, but if that is The plan, even a democrat victory would still feel like a loss to me.

Mr. Obvious gets it.  There's just no reason to pick Oprah.  It's just a desperate half-ass attempt to copy what Trump did.  

Just run a competent likable qualified candidate.  That's it.  Unless of course, things are great come election time, in which case a hail mary non-issues oriented celebrity deathmatch popularity contest might be the only path.

But if Trump is the worst president ever, and his programs are going to fail, it's just a matter of not fucking it up in '20 for the left.  Any good candidate should win with ease.

Although it begs the question, if all you have to do is nominate a competent likable qualified candidate, and with all the senators/governors/congresspeople the best you can come up with is Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey, and the Rock, what does that say about who you're electing into the government.