Impeached Gov. Blagojevich told ABC's "Good Morning America" that he mulled offering Barack Obama's Senate seat to Oprah Winfrey.
"That is true," Blagojevich said. "The idea came to be from a friend," he said. ....She probably wouldn't take it."
Blagojevich tells ABC'S Diane Sawyer on "Good Morning America" he mulled appointing Oprah to Obama senate seat
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