Does Oprah Help Obama Close a Gender Gap?

Have seen over the past year or so a rather deliberate attempt to tear Oprah down ...THink many "astute" in the political biz were aware that she could become a major "influencer"...was in the last or have all forgotten how the Bush walked on her show and gave her a warm hug and she was seemingly quite gracious/welcoming and could THEN seem perceived as to having NO OBJECTION to his candidacy nor ever expressed such and remember Arnie, husband of good friend Maria...HE got a major boost from her due to that friendship(maybe it was Arnie who alerted the various GOP peratives to prepare...for he knows well her value !!!) It kinda' explains some of the O-trashing that has taken place and now too, that she has OPENLY endorsed Obama, gonna be more attempts to marginalize her ability to energize folks in favor of Obama. It will NOT hurt Oprah nor will it hurt Obama folks to have her openly endorsing and stumping and those that try to smear it elsewise are desparate and foolish and it shows !!! (LOL, no, am NOT a major Oprah fan, rarely fully catch her show or magazine either but occasionally but do indeed respect her integrity on numerous issues and too, same goes with Obama who find far more credible and LESS POLITICALLY PACKAGED than HC and Rudy and Mitt and others and one more OH..am fem, will NOT vote HC JUST to get a fem first in WH and find that insulting just as Obama is NOT to be selected JUST to be first non white !!!)

(need to add, am an old former GOP full fledged wasp as well...in reference to why HC or Obama to slip on in JUST to make history as first fem or first non white !!) Am looking for better credentials than that and NO, experience as FL does not cut it either and if she has MORE experience, well perhaps opeing up the actual records for perusal would help evaluation of such in determining WHAT experience she keeps referring to !!! THe snide comment referring to Obama having lived outside the country for a period of his childhood was irrelevant or actually made me think would perhaps allow him "experience" of seeing from the outside in perceptions in order to better balance the inside to outside needs of this nation as well which would be a PLUS !!! Her travels as FL , perhaps more than regular TOURIST ventures but....not by much or is there a FORMAL RECORD to show otherwise ?