Everyone is hoping Oprah will run for president after she spoke out about Trump

The INSIDER Summary:

• In a recent interview, Oprah revealed that she has just considered the possibility that she could actually run for president.
• This is not the first time this question has come up for Oprah. Stephen Colbert has asked her about running for office before, too.

On principle, it seems silly for television stars to start lining up to be president —  by nature of the profession, a TV star hasn't put in the hours building the experience with and knowledge of government that would make them a successful president. To many critics, former Apprentice host-turned-President of the United States Donald Trump epitomizes this problem. But is an Oprah presidential run a different story?

In an interview for Bloomberg's The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations, Rubenstein asked Oprah, "Have you ever thought that, given the popularity you have, we haven't broken the glass ceiling yet for women, that you could actually run for president and actually be elected?"

"I never considered the question, even a possibility," Oprah responded.

However, Rubenstein then countered, "It's clear that you don't need government experience to be elected president of the United States, right?"

And here's the juicy part that the legion of Oprah devotees will hang onto for dear life: "That's what I thought! I thought, oh gee, I don't have the experience, I don't know enough, and now I'm thinking 'Oh.'"

 It's not the first time the presidential issues has come up — people like Stephen Colbert have asked Oprah about running for office before, too. Until now, the answer has been a consistent, "No," because, as she showed in the interview with Rubenstein, Oprah understands that a TV star does not necessarily a politician make.

By the same token, though, there's something to be said about questioning why so many pundits and analysts cringe or, at least, can't fathom the thought of a TV celebrity be a successful political candidate. That mental block can at least partially explain why so many political experts brushed off Trump's own candidacy.

Think about it ... what is a TV star, anyway? Potentially, it's somebody who relates well to people and is able to rally those people for a cause. Potentially it's someone who can bring people together and make diplomatic choices that benefit large groups of people.

Certainly not all — in fact, most — TV stars do not fit this qualification. However, Oprah does. Though she gained fame from her talk show, Oprah has turned her career into a philanthropy-based one, making her an especially interesting choice because of the marginalized groups she's made a point to represent and has a history of fighting for those people.

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