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Now That He's Going, Obama Better Win
By Jay Mariotti - AOL NewsIn the sporting parlance he knows so well, Barack Obama has accepted a road game in a hostile environment. You wouldn't think of Copenhagen as such, knowing the Danish city as a clean, environmentally friendly Eurohub filled with wellness spas, romantic nooks, beer-stained bodegas, peace on earth and a corny old song that goes, "wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen." But when Obama arrives Friday to sell his hometown, Chicago, as the 2016 Summer Olympics site, he'd better be bringing his brass knuckles. Because Brazil wants his blood. Blackistone: Obama's Olympics Pitch Is Ill-Timed ...
Obama Should Skip Olympic Pitch in Europe, GOP Chair Says
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRepublican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Tuesday criticized President Obama for his plans to travel to Copenhagen to boost Chicago's bid for the 2016 summer Olympics instead of staying stateside to focus on what Steele said should be his domestic priorities, including health care, job creation and developing a strategy for American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. "I think that at a time of war, I think at a time of recession, at a time where Americans have expressed rather significantly their concerns and frustrations over the course of the spring and summer about health care, ...
Michelle Obama Will 'Take No Prisoners' in Pushing Chicago for 2016 Olympics
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyShe's got game. And First Lady Michelle Obama, leaving tonight for Copenhagen to lobby for Chicago's 2016 Olympics bid, is cranking it up, promising to "take no prisoners" in her quest to beat Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Madrid. Mrs. Obama offered up some good-natured G-rated trash talk about Chicago's rivals when she met with a group of reporters on Monday to discuss Friday's vote by the International Olympic Committee to pick the 2016 host city. "It's a battle. We're going to win," she boasted Monday with bravado -- and good humor. "Take no prisoners." ...
Pressure on Obamas to Deliver Olympic Vote for Chicago 2016 Games
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe Chicago Sun-Times is reporting Monday morning that President Obama will be in Copenhagen later this week to help bolster Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games. The final presentation to the International Olympic Committee and vote is this Friday. To read more: www.blogs.suntimes.com/sweet The last nine months have been great for First Lady Michelle Obama. She's been raising Sasha and Malia, traveling, working just a few days a week, swelling in stature, doing no heavy lifting. Long gone are the days from the campaign when Mrs. Obama worried about being a drag on her ...
Michelle Obama to Lobby at U.N., G20, Copenhagen for 2016 Chicago Olympics
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyFirst Lady Michelle Obama, who has stayed very much in her comfort zone during her eight months in the White House, is stepping into the international limelight this week and next as she entertains global leaders and their spouses in New York and Pittsburgh, then travels to Copenhagen to try to land the 2016 Olympics for Chicago -- her biggest act yet.On Wednesday evening the First Couple will host a splashy international dinner in New York for about 190 world leaders in town for the opening of the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly. ...
Obama Calls Michelle a Superstar; She Calls Him Pathetic (When It Comes to Fencing)
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyIf grabbing a play sword and making like Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars" will help Chicago win the 2016 Olympics, count President Obama in the game. Obama, First Lady Michelle, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, a sampling of Olympic and Paralympic athletes and area students gathered on the White House South Lawn on Wednesday afternoon for a pep rally where the most important targeted audience was not even there: the 106 voting members of the International Olympic Committee. The IOC meets Oct. 2 in Copenhagen to vote for the 2016 Summer Games host city, and Chicago is in the running with Tokyo, ...
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