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Does Barack Obama have your vote? “I知 black and I知 a woman, so I知 on the fence. Am I more feminine, or am I more black? I want to know that all my hyphenated parts are going to be taken into consideration.” —Sarah Jones

—Barack Obama

—Barbara Walters

What did you think of Obama? “I'm not going to talk about it.” —Steve Buscemi

—Deborah Norville

—Charlie Rose

Is that the iPhone? “All I do with it is look at pictures. I don稚 have anybody痴 phone numbers in here yet. Whenever I知 not with my son, I知 looking at him on here.” —Mariska Hargitay

—Mario Cuomo

—Joy Behar

Don't you normally do the interviewing? “Not anymore. I知 old and tired.” —Norman Pearlstine

—Harry Belafonte

—Nina Zagat

What question would you have asked Obama? “I could not believe that nobody asked about the debate last night. I知 not an Internet fan, but I thought it was such a fresh way for people to be able to ask questions.” —Gayle King

—Ken Auletta

—Bryant Gumbel

—Lally Weymouth

Anything you wish you壇 asked? “No, but what I learned from this is that I知 going to be shorter next time and leave more time for the audience. Those were the better questions.” —Dick Parsons