The Obamas’ & Oprah’s Efforts Notwithstanding — Chicago Olympic Bid Out In First Round Of Voting!
Posted By: 'Okie' | 8:44 am — 10/2/2009 | 
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Uh . . . apparently not.
“The shock of Chicago’s elimination was greater for the fact that it came in the first round. And greater for the fact that President Obama had taken valuable hours from his packed and tense political schedule to travel to Copenhagen. His legendary powers of persuasion will be said to have failed him, though in reality it will be Chicago’s bid that failed him. Nonetheless, this is a moment which allows the president’s detractors to allege waning prestige on the part of his presidency. And it will raise questions about the political advice that he is receiving.”
Goodbye, “Yes We Can.” Hello, “No, You Can’t.”
The Chicago cronies are not going to take this well. Gird your loins.
Allahpundit at Hot Air mea-culpas with a twist:
It’s only right that I eat crap here for having insisted that this was a done deal and that The One wouldn’t dare risk his political capital on a completely needless humiliation. You’re a bigger sucker than I thought, champ.
On Ace, Dave in Texas puts this in perspective via the beginning of nuclear negotiations with Iran:
Some additional thoughts: I was sure this thing was in the bag, mostly because I could not imagine Obama being so dumb as to actually take this risk with his credibility.
So I was wrong about that. Either he is this dumb, or he’s extremely naïve about his negotiating ability. Can’t wait to see him leverage that action with Iran.
Wow! Can’t seem to bring home the bacon . . . Gee, that’s too bad. Guess the City of Brotherly Love Beating Young Boys To Death and all of President Obama’s cronys won’t get to play loose and free with all those Olympic BILLIONS!
Cry me a river already.
[Update: Rio's got it! Carnival for everybody!!!]
[More update: Rick Moran sees much damage to Obama's presidency over this failure.]
The president’s failure in Copenhagen must be viewed in light of what else he might have been doing to address the growing unease with his presidency — his lack of apparent leadership where campaigning has become a substitute for making decisions, for instance. If the essence of leadership is the ability to decide the tough questions, the president is failing in that regard. His own party is wondering how strongly he supports the public option in health insurance reform. His commanding general in Afghanistan is wondering why he can’t get a straight answer on his request for thousands of more troops to stave off disaster.
And the American people are wondering when the president is going to address the growing unemployment figures and lack of economic activity that have everyone worried.
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I think I know what happened. The Olympic Committee agreed with the Obamas; America should be ashamed, our soul is broken, we’re a bunch of racist capitalist pigs, and we’re not really exceptional in any way. They decided to “spread the wealth” and give it to a country that never had it before at the expense of those countries that can afford it and are better off. Obama’s chickens…. came home to roost.
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