Oprah Winfrey, 2012 Presidential Election | featured news

Mitt Romney had a high-profile houseguest while at his New Hampshire vacation home this weekend: Oprah Winfrey. CBS News has confirmed that Winfrey sat down with Romney and his wife, Ann, Friday at his lakefront home in Wolfeboro, N.H. The interview, first reported by the New York Times, will be published in Winfrey's magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine.

Mum no more, Oprah is taking her opinion on a Sarah Palin presidential run to next month's issue of Parade. Asked if a Palin run scared her, Oprah responded: "It does not scare me because I believe in the intelligence of the American public.

In a much anticipated interview with television host Oprah Winfrey that aired Monday, Sarah Palin tamped down speculation that she might run for president in 2012 and took shots at CBS News’ Katie Couric, who conducted a series of interviews with the former Alaska governor that seriously damaged Palin’s standing in 2008.