CNN: GOP Oprah boycott not hurting ratings

A group of Republican women is angry that ultra-popular talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who has endorsed Barack Obama for president, won't invite GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin to speak to her show's massive audience.Oprah's backing Obama is unprecedented, and since announcing her endorsement last year, the Chicago-based host has said she won't open her show to any presidential candidates. Obama's only appearances on the show came in 2005 and 2006, before he'd officially launched his presidential campaign.Both prominent Chicagoans, Oprah and Obama knew each other before he became a nationally known politician. She said it was that connection that led her to endorse him but pledged not to use her show or magazine to promote his candidacy. "I made the decision that I have the right to do it as an American citizen," she said last year. "But I will not use my platform. I can use my own personal voice."That reasoning isn't good enough for the Florida Federation of Republican Women, which has launched a nationwide boycott of all things Oprah. It doesn't seem to be working.

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