it s been a great ride and he s looking forward to three great weeks. he finished third in the tour last year after a three-year retirement. rod blagojevich thought about oprah for president obama s former senate seat. the ousted illinois governor s television conversations about the talk show heeost were revead yesterday during his trial. he described oprah as the kingmaker who made obama and also appealed to him because there is nothing affirmative action about her. oprah has yet to respond to the news. just about any time vice president joe biden gets near a microphone you know that something s going to happen. well, yesterday the speech at general electric in kentucky, the ceo of ge s appliances and lighting division faded, fell off the stage in front of several hundred workers. doctors believed it was the heat to got to him, not the speech. he was checked out at a local hospital and is expected to be okay. poor joe biden, every time he s in front of the camera, something h