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Obama Chicago Olympics Defense: President Mocks Critics Of His Push For 2016 Olympics

AP | Posted 10.21.2009 | Chicago

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NEW YORK — President Barack Obama is having some fun at the expense of those who criticized him for trying to help his Chicago hometown land the...

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Lessons Learned From the Olympic Fiasco

Tom Tresser | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, 2016 Olympics, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, Sears Tower, Todd Stroger, International Olympic Committee, Ioc, Chicago Budget, Cook County Board, Cook County Board President Race, Willis Tower Tifs, Tifs, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News

If citizens want to be protected from bad government and further rip-offs, we are going to have to rise to a new level of involvement. I have little hope that our elected representatives will truly represent us.

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Tom Tresser, No Games Chicago Founder, Plans Cook County Board President Run

Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Todd Stroger, Cook County Board President Race, No Games Chicago, Chicago Olympics, Tom Tresser, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

The man who helped thwart President Obama, Mayor Daley and the rest of Chicago's powerful Olympics proponents is setting his sights on a potentially t...

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'Rio Won The Bid ...Chicago Did Not Lose': Former USOC Chief

AP | BRETT MARTEL | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Olympics, Usoc, Ioc, Jim Scherr, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago 2016, Rio 2016, Rio Olympics, Stephanie Streeter, Chicago News

NEW ORLEANS — The ousted CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee said changing leadership and strained relations with international Olympic officials ...

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What Happened in Copenhagen (When We Went to Influence the IOC -- Again)

Tom Tresser | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, No Games Tokyo, Jacque Rogge, International Olympic Committee, Chicago Corruption, Mayor Daley, Obama Copenhagen, Ioc, Pat Ryan, Olympics, Chicago News

We had penetrated the multiple rings of security, outfaced the bureaucracy of the International Olympic Committee and stood our ground to deliver information that the mayor, the 2016 Committee and the entire business elite of Chicago didn't want to see and didn't want to acknowledge.

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Stephanie Streeter, USOC Chief, Leaving After Chicago Olympics Bust

AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Olympics, Usoc, Usoc Ceo, Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago 2016, 2016 Olympics, Ioc, Stephanie Streeter, Larry Probst, Chicago News

Six months of shaky decisions and turmoil came to a head for the U.S. Olympic Committee on Wednesday when its acting CEO said she would step down, bri...

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Daley: No Political Cost For Olympics Failure

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympic Bid, Mayor Daley Approval Rating, Mayor Daley, Chicago Olympics, Daley Seventh Term, Daley 2011, Chicago 2016, Daley Olympics, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley today said he doesn't think the city's Olympic bid defeat will have any impact on his popularity and that he hasn't decided yet wh...

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Chicago Olympics Bid Chief: No Way To Beat Rio

Chicago Tribune | Kathy Bergen and Philip Hersh | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ioc, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Olympics, Rio 2016, Chicago Olympics, Rio Olympics, Pat Ryan, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Though Chicago's campaign for the 2016 Summer Games went down in flames in the first round of voting, there was nothing more the city could have done ...

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Burned by the IOC, But Not by Burnham: Lessons From the Collapse in Copenhagen

Andy Shaw | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Olympics, Burnham Plan of Chicago, Chicago Olympic Bid, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Corruption, Mayor Daley, Daniel Burnham, Chicago Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

With or without Daley at the helm, it's time to make some other big plans that have the power to stir all of our souls.

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Conservatives Go for the Bronze

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Bennett, Ioc, International Olympic Committee, Obama Copenhagen, Chicago Olympics, Glenn Beck, Barack Obama, Chicago 2016, Politics News

That conservatives have such a blind, ignorant, hot hatred for Barack Obama and for anything that isn't them, that they'll sell America down Grover Norquist's bathtub drain just to have their way.

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The Boss Who Micromanages

Kate Kelly | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Copenhagen, Health Care, Citizen Activism, Olympics, President Obama, Obama Copenhagen, Chicago Olympics, Chicago 2016, Politics News

Except for the brief period when President Obama was off the plane and talking to Olympic officials, he probably read, talked to advisers, and possibly caught a badly needed nap.

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Olympic Bid a No-Win Situation for Obama

Chris Prevatt | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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But it is one hell of a leap to compare Obama's participation in Chicago's Olympic bid to his health care reform efforts.

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Chicago 2016 Closing Up Shop, Laying Off 57 By End Of Month

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVID ROEDER | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago 2016, World Sport Chicago, Chicago Olympic Committee, Chicago News

The organization that brought you all those banners, ads and fund-raising pitches for the 2016 Olympics in Chicago soon will pay the price for the cit...

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After Olympics Bust, What Will Come Of Chicago's Public Projects?

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 10.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, Chicago Olympics Sites, Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Civic leaders are hoping transportation, community development and urban planning improvements will stay on track now that Chicago is not hosting the ...

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IOC: McDonald's Won't Abandon Olympics Deal Over Chicago Snub

AP | GRAHAM DUNBAR | Posted 10.04.2009 | Chicago

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COPENHAGEN — The International Olympic Committee's marketing boss believes Chicago's rejection by Olympic voters will not affect the status of I...

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Bill Kristol Revels In Olympic Failure: Obama Acted Like A Bully (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

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Conservatives have let forth a torrent of glee over President Obama's failure to secure the Olympic games for Chicago despite a personal pitch in Cope...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympics, Obama Olympics, Rio De Janeiro, Rio 2016, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Chicago 2016, World News

This week, in the battle for the 2016 Olympics, the Brazilians waxed the star power of Oprah and the Obamas. Chicago was rejected on the first ballot, and conservatives couldn't contain their glee. I thought it was only the coasts that Republicans think are not part of the real America. Now it's the Midwest, too? I wonder how far their bizarre wish for America to fail would go: if the Windy City had gotten the Olympics, would Republicans have rooted against American athletes? Would chants of "USA! USA!" have been replaced by shouts of "Government-run sports is socialism!" and "Keep your hands off my high jump!"? One sure sign that a political party has completely lost its way is when it finds itself cheering that an American city will not be hosting the Olympics.

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Olympics Loss Puts Daley On Defensive And Chicago Plans In Limbo

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 10.03.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Chicago's dream of an Olympics-sized stimulus was dashed when the 2016 Summer Games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro, and the loss amoun...

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Obama Told Olympics Trip Could Have Clinched Chicago's Bid: Jarrett

Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.03.2009 | Chicago

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In the run-up to the Olympics vote, the White House was getting a clear message from the architects of Chicago's bid: Balloting would be tight, and a ...

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Blame it on Rio; Don't Blame it on Obama

Michael D. Brown | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Cuts, Rio De Janeiro-Brazil, Chicago Olympics, Ioc Vote, Ioc, Rio Olympics, Barack Obama, Chicago 2016, Politics News

Brazil was among the last to enter into the current world recession, but is among the first to begin to emerge from the recession. And therein is why Chicago did not get the Olympics.

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Obama Blows the Olympics

Guy T. Saperstein | Posted 10.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Obama, Cheney, Olympics, United Nations, Chicago, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Rio 2016, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Chicago 2016, Comedy News

Losing the Olympics to Rio de Janeiro just shows that Dick Cheney, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans have been right all along. Relying on reasoning, discussion and goodwill is bullshit.

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Ebert: Put Olympics Effort Toward Derrion Albert's Memory

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

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We have lost the Olympics bid. Perhaps this is our opportunity to win Derrion Albert's bid. He was an honor student, not a gang member, not a drop out...

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Rio in 2016: A Great Consolation Prize for U.S. Hispanics With South American Ties

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago-Hispanics, South America, Chicago Olympic Bid, Rio 2016, Rio De Janeiro-Brazil, Chicago Olympics, Chicago 2016, Lula, Olympics, Rio Olympics, Chicago News

Rio should be a tremendous source of pride for the millions of U.S.-born Hispanics whose familial roots stretch not only south of the border, but south of the hemisphere.

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'Disappointed' Daley Makes First Public Comments Since Losing Olympic Bid

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

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About three hours after Chicago was eliminated from hosting the 2016 Olympic Games, Mayor Richard Daley made his first public statement, saying he was...

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