- Between a still-existent worldwide recession and nuclear saber-rattling from North Korea and Iran, it's pretty clear that the White House has a lot on its plate in terms of international relations.
A lot of serious stuff on the menu.
So, why does President Obama need to add "seconds" to the plate by getting personally involved in the U.S. bid to attract the 2016 Summer Olympics to Chicago? The president is now planning on traveling to Copenhagen this week.
It's the final payoff. Or at least final for now. Obama is a product of the Chicago Machine and the Illinois Combine. Everything is connected by payoffs, contracts and positions (or didn't anyone notice how many ex-CityHall and ex-Springfield flunkies are currently ensconced in Washington). The Olympics is chock-full of all sorts of contracts to be awarded. Obama is lending his star power to Shortshanks in a last minute push for what might potentially be $15-20 billion in contracts and cost overruns.
According to this report, Obama just might be enough to put Chicago over the top:
According to this report, Obama just might be enough to put Chicago over the top:
- Just five days to go before the 2016 Summer Olympic host city is announced, a report indicates that Brazil's Rio de Janeiro has taken a narrow lead over Chicago.
The independent Olympic publication Around the Rings compiled the rankings and gave Rio a score of 84, just one point ahead of Chicago's 83.
Other candidate cities Madrid and Tokyo are tied at 80.
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