Analysis: Chicago's loss is a blow to Obama, too

In my humble opinion, this loss might hurt Obama since it proves those people who might admire his charm that his charm starts to fade away and it's time he behaved as a president and not as a rock star.
On a personal note, I don't find him neither a celebrity nor a statesman, so for me he has no charm at all.

From the very beginning of the electoral process I said that I hoped that Obama/Clinton didnt win. It wasnt because of a democrat or republican thing. Its because I thought that if either of them won it wouldnt be because he or she was the right person for the job, it would be because it was a "first". First african american or first woman. When Obama did win I hoped that the celebrity thing would die down. To be quite honest I dont really follow politics because I honestly believe that we dont matter in the grand scheme of things. I do think that Obama was elected just because he was the first african american man to be elected president. He pays attention to the least important things. The things that are "fun or easy" if you will. I think the fact that he cant even achieve these types of things is just a preview of what's yet to come. I honestly feel that its a game to the Obama family. What to wear, a new dog, shopping at a farmers market, planting the first garden in some years, etc. These are all that is being reported on. What about the war? What about the sons and daughters of american families who have lost their lives to save ours? What about the homeless? What about healthcare? Yes I do think this loss hurt Obama. It shows he's not cut out for the job. dl

I hope so but this morning the media is sort of trying to down play it and I also heard that hisplan for it never got passed the first vote and maybe was never inthe running.

In the long run I don't think this will be anything for than a blip. He will be judged on the big issues like health care, economy, Afghanistan, Iran, etc..

It would not be fair to hold it there just because Obama used to live there. There are many places that have been waiting for their turn. I would think to have it where it would most affect the economy in a positive way would be nice! Lots of factors have to be considered.

Obama had been put in a very invidious position. All the other bid cities had high ranking support with them in Copenhagen: Madrid had King Juan Carlos, the King of Spain, and Tokyo and Rio each had their respective countries' Prime Ministers, so there was really no way that he could avoid going. After all, just imagine what would have happened if he hadn't attended and Chicago had lost; in that case his opponents would have been claiming that by not showing up he had damaged the bid.

Having said that, though, I do think this is personally damaging for him. As you say, it's never a good idea for a politician to be associated with failures or humiliations. And, in this case particularly, he didn't show himself in a good light. He arrived at the very last minute, apparently unwilling to do the behind the scenes work that this kind of thing requires, then he made a speech that was much too self centered (talking about*his* election, why*he* and*his* family would like the games to be held in*his* city), and then he disappered before the process had finished. To top it all, his advocacy failed to have any positive effect - feeding the perception that he is liked, but not listened to.

Only the corrupted vile communist dictators like the Castor brothers,Hugo Chavez,David Ortega,Iran slim ball,etc have taken Obama serious,so far Obama has not brought home a meatless bone for the United States and has bankrupted our country to the hilt wanting to do even more grave damage to the United States make one ask who the hell side is Obama on?

I think he did more harm than good. He thinks of himself as a celebrity and there he was with Opra, who is a celebrity, trying to sway the Olympic committee which consists mainly of old world aristrocrat types and they are not only not swayed by the celebrity types but are turned off by them. So the reason Chicago was last is probably because Obama and Opra were there. I'm not saying Chicago would have won but the city probably would have come in second if they hadn't gone instead of a dismal last.

I thought it was embarrassing. I didn't think Chicago would get the Olympics, but I certainly didn't think it would get eliminated in the first round. And what did they spend in tax dollars to go over there? Something like 1.2 million dollars to fly Obama and all the security over to Demark for the whole thing. I don't think it will hurt Obama much. I was really embarrassed for him. I mean it looked so bad for all the hoopla, and then splat! They got shown the door.

It isn't a shock for me as you can't just choose a place just because it's represented by the president of USA. Rio which is chosen for the games is a far better venue when compared to Chicago. Rio is Internationally more famous for its culture and topography. Its a wonderful place to host the Olympics. I am glad it Rio and not Chicago.