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Article: United States: Holding Out for Obama to Elevate Chicago Bid.
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- September 29, 2009
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Less than a week before the International Olympic Committee chooses a host city for the 2016 Games, Chicago bid officials are holding out hope for the presence of one person who may guarantee a victory: President Obama.
Citing the pressing issue of health care reform, Obama has said he will not make the trip for the I.O.C. s vote on Friday in Copenhagen. But his wife, Michelle Obama, a lifelong Chicagoan, will mingle with the 100-odd I.O.C. voters and plug her city as the best choice among it and Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.
I m sure Michelle Obama will be great, but she s not the president, said Robert Livingstone, the producer for the Web site ...