Oprah Winfrey Interviews Barack Obama

Oprah Talks to Barack Obama

O, The Oprah Magazine | From the November 2004 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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The president-elect (then Illinois state senator), who first brought the house down back in 2004 at the Democratic National Convention, takes a rare break from his 16-hour workday to tell Oprah about his multicultural upbringing, political plans and prior

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