What we're already thinking about — what we would anticipate with glee — is the autumn 2020 televised debate: Trump vs. Oprah. Blustering New Yorker vs. touchy-feely ex-Chicagoan. Prime time billionaire vs. Daytime billionaire. Could there be a couch? Oh please, could there be a couch?

Forgive us. Oprah fever appears to be contagious. Count us among the millions who get an over-caffeinated feeling at the new speculation and rumor that talk show queen Oprah Winfrey would consider a run for the presidency. She accepted an award during Sunday night's Golden Globes broadcast by delivering (duh) an inspirational speech. "I want all of the girls watching here now to know, that a new day is on the horizon," she said, wrapping female empowerment in a possible campaign slogan.

And boom! Twitter went crazy with talk of Oprah for president. Within hours CNN reported that two unidentified friends say she is actively thinking about a run. Winfrey told Bloomberg she didn't have plans, but her partner, Stedman Graham, told the Los Angeles Times, "It's up to the people. She would absolutely do it."

News cycles have been supported by thinner gruel. Perhaps this editorial will be the last written on the subject, but we doubt it. Many Americans already are shopping for their next presidential candidate and Winfrey, former host of the Chicago-based "Oprah Winfrey Show," is a magnetic, beloved figure. More than that, she's an exceptional communicator, a social justice advocate and thinker, a philanthropist and media entrepreneur. If the Democrats were to seek a candidate who is the opposite of President Donald Trump, whom they consider a boorish anti-intellectual, could they do better than an African-American woman who ran her own televised book club?

The traditional qualifications of a president are being tested by the Trump presidency. His own TV background as host of a network reality show provided him name recognition, but he got into the race as a real estate billionaire and rage-filled populist. He ripped apart the Republican field of challengers through force of will. Trump, thus, has done one of two things to the highest office in the land: He's either altered the political system so that future presidents will be larger-than-life personalities, or he's assured the opposite: They'll be very serious politicians.

Interestingly, Winfrey can play both roles. She is a celebrity and a policy wonk who has taken on issues such as welfare reform and freedom of speech. She started a school for girls in South Africa. Her biggest strength as a political candidate may be her relatability. She's opened up about her experiences with sexual abuse and her weight struggles to support her audience. In an empathy contest, Winfrey would defeat Trump in a landslide. There has been previous talk about her having a political career because you know she'd make a formidable figure on the campaign trail.

Ah, but do any of Winfrey's accomplishments really make her qualified to be president? And how much of a policy wonk is she, really? Trump, we've said many times, lacked the necessary government experience, as well as the temperament. The last president to make the jump from entertainment to the Oval Office, Ronald Reagan, was no political neophyte. He was a two-term governor and former union president. Oprah, meanwhile, talked sense to a crazed Tom Cruise when he appeared on her show and jumped on the couch.

The fact is the 2020 Illinois (and other) primaries are two years from now. Plenty of time for candidates of all backgrounds to get organized and make a run for the presidency. As for Oprah Winfrey as a possible candidate, we'll say the same thing we said about many episodes of her show: She's worth watching.