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"&lt;img vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2007/07/17/0717_oprah_obama-1.jpg\" alt=\"Oprah has a crush on Obama\" /&gt;Chat empress Oprah Winfrey put rumors to rest that she might be running for president -- by instead throwing her hefty support behind democratic candidate Barack Obama. Lucky Obama will benefit from an Oprah-fied fundraiser to be held at the daytime diva's massive Santa Barbara mansion this September, reports today's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/07/oprah-to-host-o.html\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;L.A. Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those thinking of attending should start saving now: Getting in the door will cost $2,300 -- that's the maximum individual contribution for primary season. Collected contributions of $25,000 or more will score you access to a VIP reception, and a donation of $50,000 or more will garner a seat at a private VIP dinner with the possible next president. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think Isaiah Washington, who has also &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/16/AR2007071601883.html?hpid=topnews\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;thrown his support behind Barack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, was invited? Doubtful!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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