Ed Morrissey has the quote of the week. Concerning Obama’s pitch for the Olympics in Chicago:
In short, this is a microcosm of the entire administration. They entered into a situation about which they knew nothing and put the prestige of the presidency on the line without bothering to listen past themselves and the Daley Machine in Chicago.
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and how can THE ONE’s arrogance reconcile this rejection? They just must not have understood that it was THE ONE asking for the Olympics to be in Chicago!!