Oprah Winfrey, the billionaire TV talk-show diva who's almost solely responsible for the election of Barack Obama as the nation's 44th president and first African American chief executive, says she's not taking a job in the new Democratic administration.

The secretary of State job is filled. And Treasury and Defense and Attorney General. So too is first lady. But Education and Labor are still open. And Energy.

What about Obama's now empty U.S. Senate seat? Illinois' governor has yet to name a replacement. Winfrey could certainly fill it.

And Oprah, who used to attend the same Chicago church of Rev. Jeremiah Wright with the Obamas, was perhaps the most prominent celebrity to endorse the Illinois ex-senator. She held a large fundraiser at her luxurious California house. And she led massive rallies for Obama in three states, including Iowa and North Carolina, where he won.

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