Ouch.
Earlier in the week, Pele called out Michael Jordan for not going with the US delegation to lobby for Chicago and maybe he was right?
In the byzantine world of Olympic politics, Obama is somehow being faulted for not have spent enough time on task:
Chicago had long been seen as a front-runner and got the highest possible level of support — from President Barack Obama himself. But he only spent a few hours in the Danish capital where the vote was held and left before the result was announced. Former IOC member Kai Holm said that the brevity of his appearance may have counted against him.
The short stopover was "too business-like," Holm said. "It can be that some IOC members see it as a lack of respect."
That's funny, because, if anything, I would fault him for going and doing this in the first place.
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I'd rather have him traveling internationally lobbying for Olympics than staying in DC lobbying for healthcare reform.
"Ouch"? The good citizens of Chicago won! They came in First in the effort to avoid wasteful spending on temporary sports venues; they were First to avoid crowding and congestion for 2016; they are First (among the Four) in the Not Having Leftover White Elephants competition!
If I lived in Chicago, I'd be celebrating.
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