Obamas to Pay Another Visit to Oprah

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will appear on Oprah Winfrey’s televsion show on May 2, the Washington Wire blog of the Wall Street Journal reports. In a sign that the president’s re-election campaign has begun, the first couple will travel to Chicago later this month to tape a segement with the billionaire chat host who has become one of the administration’s biggest boosters.


Winfrey backed then-Sen. Obama in the Democratic primaries and has continued to give him approving media exposure through her television show and "O" magazine. The First Lady was Winfrey’s on-air guest in January.


The May 2 segment could be a last hurrah of sorts, or at least the loss of a friendly media outlet for the Obamas, since “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will be retired at the end of the current television season.