Can Obamas Bring Olympics To Windy City?; Decision To Be Announced Friday

Posted on Oct 01, 2009 @ 08:00PM

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The impact of Barack and Michelle Obama's considerable star power will be put to the test Friday, as the International Olympic Committee is slated to announced the location of the 2016 Olympics at 12:45 p.m. EST Friday.

Michelle Obama spent days with officials going to bat for the family's hometown of Chicago to gain the rights to host the athletic extravaganza. The first lady dazzled earlier this week in a sleeveless bronze dress for the opening ceremonies at an IOC-related event at a Copenhagen, Denmark opera house.

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Windy City native Jason Erkes, a self-described Chicago 2016 supporter, is in Copenhagen and told RadarOnline.com that the Obamas have stolen the show in their attempts to bring their city the Olympics.

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"The consensus around everyone here from the U.S. is that him and Michelle hit it out of the park with their personal stories and appeal," Erkes told us. "The Obama's celebrity-ism is stealing the thunder and capturing the attention of everyone surrounding the Olympic process."

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Chicago is one of the final candidates left, with Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Madrid, Spain; and Tokyo, Japan as the final options.

RadarOnline.com will bring you the latest on the story as it happens.

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Comments

O-bama, O-winfrey and Michele O ('who has better things to do')...all spread their aura for the sake of Chicago? The community organizer failed Chicago, and is now doing a bang-up job destroying our with each day he barters our freedoms!

by HB
Posted Fri, 10/02/2009 - 11:41am

Hear! Hear! I agree with you HB.......maybe the Obamas should go to Hollywood, they love to be in the limelight and entertain!

by galey
Posted Fri, 10/02/2009 - 12:46pm

Well that will probably be 14 days of little to no violence in Chicago being there will be a massive amount of security

by mkinn1
Posted Fri, 10/02/2009 - 10:52am

What a couple of egotistical dumbazzes. He said it would make the world proud to have the olympics in Chicago. Now why would the world be proud of that?

by ILoveLucy
Posted Fri, 10/02/2009 - 9:46am

Seriously you are a Joke -- yea a 30 minute appearance that he had to fly thousands of miles to get to - and his pampered wife on a separate plane compliments TAXPAYERS. Did you see the unemployment figures Seriously? You bet I am SERIOUS

by Moose614
Posted Fri, 10/02/2009 - 9:31am

the guy makes a 30 minute appearence to bring the multimillion $ Olympics to the USA & in turn help Chicagos economy after thousands of lay offs in the car industry & you want to whine???

by Seriously
Posted Fri, 10/02/2009 - 9:24am

My opinion is that Obama should be home taking care of business such as the sinking economy and what to do about Afganistan. He could even be trying to do something about the violence in Chicago where he wants the Olympics.

by Moose614
Posted Fri, 10/02/2009 - 9:06am