When President Obama traveled to Denmark to try to seal the deal to host the 2016 Olympics in Chicago, his trip was decried by conservatives and his failure to win the Games bemoaned by Democrats. But the Greek financial crisis might give everyone a reason to celebrate his failure.
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[UPDATE: Quick clarification. This is definitely a conservative media outrage, but Boaz is a libertarian.] I’m reporting out something unrelated, so I’ve almost missed this, but apparently President Obama has made a major error in not going to Germany for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. More…
After his speech at the Defending the American Dream Summit, I quickly asked Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) for his take on an issue that had been roiling the event: Chicago’s failed bid to host the Olympics in 2016. Video after the jump.
TWI’s David Weigel went on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” last night to talk about his reporting on Americans for Prosperity’s “Defending the American Dream” conference this past weekend in Washington. Video after the jump.
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…
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…
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