No Olympics for Chicago?

A flash report from Politico says that Chicago was eliminated as host of the 2016 Olympics in first round voting. The rejection of the president's suit is a humiliating rebuff. For all the talk of this White House's Chicago Way toughness, in the clinch it reveals itself credulous, placating, and soft. I wonder what they are thinking about Obama in Tehran today?

A flash report from Politico says that Chicago was eliminated as host of the 2016 Olympics in first round voting.

I'm stunned. I had been telling friends for days that Chicago must have the thing in the bag, because there was no way any half-way competent White House staff would allow a president to travel to a foreign city and make a public request for something without certain knowledge that the answer would be "yes."

The rejection of the president's suit is a humiliating rebuff. It's also another ominous warning that for all the talk of this White House's Chicago Way toughness, in the clinch it reveals itself credulous, placating, and soft. I wonder what they are thinking about Obama in Tehran today? Actually, I don't wonder. I can guess.