2016 Olympics : Chicago and Tokyo Out in First Round (jobs, market, anti-American)

[InformedConsent]

Clout St: Olympic-sized loss of political face for Obama and Daley

From the Chicago Tribune... Read the comments beneath the article - they show what people think of Obama.

[amcjap]

the crooks in the ioc weren't about to share the wealth with crooks in chicago...

[Indurain]

robertgibbs guessed that Rio would get it.............I did say that I would hold him to it.
Credit due..........he guessed correctly.

[calipoppy]

The Obama's made a great effort to get the 2016 Olympics in Chicago. The committee decided to go with a city in South America (Rio) which has never hosted before. How is this Obama's fault or a waste of taxpayer money?

Had Chicago won the bid....the Anti-Obama crowd would claim dirty politics and strong-arming tactics.

[southernnaturelover]

I'd like to know what percentage of Americans actually care anything about the Olympics, I'm guessing the percentage isn't very high.

[High_Plains_Retired]

I guess many of the members of the International Olympic Committee have at least flown through Chicago. Obama has to be dense as a stump, or as stubborn, to think Chicago would pull a significant number of votes.

[machiavelli1]

Guess all that desperation displayed by the Obamas must have turned the committee off.....

[ovcatto]

Excellent!

It's about time! The first Olympics for South America and Brazil couldn't be more deserving. This is one time I was rooting against Obama.

[yayoi]

I'm glad Rio got it. It's about time the olympics made their way to South America.

[Mike from back east]

Good for Rio.

FWIW: The Brazilian economy is fairly strong, the nation seems to be run in a decent manner, and they are moving towards getting off of oil.