IOC sounding like spoiled children

Crain's is reporting that Michelle Obama, not the president, will go to Copenhagen to represent Chicago before the IOC. That means "the odds on Chicago's Olympic bid just got longer." The IOC knows all about our bid, and knows Obama supports it, but apparently somehow he needs to get on an aeroplane and fly over there in order to prove it to them. (And I'm not sure he's actually president anyway.)

"Mr. Obama’s absence could be a major blow to Chicago’s bid with weeks to go before the vote. Heads of state have become an expected part of the bidding process since 2005 (ooooh, it's a tradition that stretches all the way back to... last time? Ed.) when British Prime Minister Tony Blair convinced the IOC to send the 2012 Games to London ... Mr. Obama told Mr. Rogge earlier Friday that he wouldn’t be able to attend the IOC meeting in Copenhagen."

Can we send Tony Blair? He's a proven veteran, after all...

"'She's not the president,' said Rob Livingstone, who runs the Toronto-based Web site GamesBids.com, which tracks the race to host the Olypmics. 'The IOC members are hoping for the president.'"

Waaaaah for them. I'm still hoping for a pony.

"Bid watchers, however, smell a smoke screen that Mr. Obama might ultimately show up on Oct. 2 in Denmark."

I await the Lou Dobbs poll on that possibility.

as a precaution, I suggest he not be allowed to fly on another aeroplane until 2017

News item: Obama's aeroplane makes unplanned St. Louis stop

Minutes later, Obama spokeswoman Linda Douglass came to the back of the aeroplane to inform reporters of a "minor little problem with the aeroplane" and said the aeroplane would make a precautionary landing in St. Louis.