Oprah Winfrey Won’t Campaign for Obama, Citing Network Problems

Updated: April 2, 2012 | 1:23 p.m.
April 2, 2012 | 12:24 p.m.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are pictured with Oprah Winfrey during a taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show at Harpo Studios in Chicago, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Oprah Winfrey said on Monday she's still “100 percent behind" President Obama, but won’t have time to campaign for him this year.

“I actually love our president and have the utmost respect for him and that office and what it takes to be there," Winfrey told CBS’s Early Show. "I will not be out because I'm trying to fix a network.”

Winfrey threw her support behind Obama four years ago and even hit the campaign trail on his behalf. But she said that problems with the low-rated Oprah Winfrey Network will keep her from being an active participant in the campaign this time.

Get the latest news and analysis delivered to your inbox. Sign up for National Journal's morning alert, Wake-Up Call, and afternoon newsletter, The Edge. Subscribe here.