I know it sounds like Monday morning quarterbacking, but all week I kept asking friends why Obama was going to Copenhagen to lobby for the 2016 Olympics. With everything else on his plate (health care, climate change, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, etc.), it seemed like a silly way to spend 24 hours and bad PR in the midst of the health care debate. Now, I know that a president can do virtually anything on Air Force One, so it was not like he was away from the job for 24 hours, but appearances matter in politics - sometimes more than substance.
But what really made it look stupid was Chicago getting the fewest votes of the four contending cities! It was bounced in the first round of voting. I find it hard to believe that Obama's advisors were not able to find out in advance whether Chicago really stood a chance or not. Clearly, it did not. Obama's staff dropped the ball and Obama takes the hit. That's ridiculous.
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