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Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Posts Tagged 2016

Chicago Loses, Conservative Celebrate

By | 10.02.09 | 12:00 pm

This seems like some curious behavior from a party that ostensibly wants to win some elections in Illinois next year. In a sizable embarrassment for the White House, Chicago was knocked out of contention for the 2016 Olympic games in the first round of voting. The conservative/GOP response: pretty much More…

Chicago Eliminated From 2016 Olympic Field

By | 10.02.09 | 11:47 am

Just about every news organization out there is reporting that Chicago has been eliminated in the first round of voting as a possible host for the 2016 Olympic Games, despite President Obama’s high-profile lobbying effort to bring the games to his hometown. Drudge, of course, is touting More…