Comments on: Will President Obama Pout or Play Tough? http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/10/03/will-president-obama-pout-or-play-tough/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 23:17:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/10/03/will-president-obama-pout-or-play-tough/comment-page-1/#comment-687145 Jimmie Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:10:16 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=10685#comment-687145 No, I don't think the State Department had a hand in it. Usually, our government doesn't have a large part in any of our Olympic bids. Chicago had its own committee working on that in conjunction with the US Olympic Committee. The President jumped in at the end to put his muscle behind it. No, I don't think the State Department had a hand in it. Usually, our government doesn't have a large part in any of our Olympic bids. Chicago had its own committee working on that in conjunction with the US Olympic Committee. The President jumped in at the end to put his muscle behind it.

]]> By: EricHhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/10/03/will-president-obama-pout-or-play-tough/comment-page-1/#comment-687134 EricH Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:10:16 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=10685#comment-687134 In the long term, the loss may be a good thing for President Obama; if Chicago had won the bid, and struggled through the preparation and hosting, every difficulty could be used as ammo against the Obama administration. (It's consistent with Obamanomics--the technique to fix the city's financial problems is to spend more money on hosting the Olympic Games.) I truly hope that this is completely unrelated to foreign policy--the State Department wasn't involved in the IOC bid, was it? If that was a demonstration of their best effort, it's just depressing. In the long term, the loss may be a good thing for President Obama; if Chicago had won the bid, and struggled through the preparation and hosting, every difficulty could be used as ammo against the Obama administration. (It's consistent with Obamanomics–the technique to fix the city's financial problems is to spend more money on hosting the Olympic Games.)

I truly hope that this is completely unrelated to foreign policy–the State Department wasn't involved in the IOC bid, was it? If that was a demonstration of their best effort, it's just depressing.

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