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Olympics Defeat: How Much Does It Hurt Obama?

By Caroline Miller, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 3, 2009 8:44 AM CDT

(Newser) – It's a big disappointment for Chicago, but how big a hit was yesterday's Olympic Committee put-down of the US's 2016 bid for the president, who stuck his neck out to go to bat for it? Of course Rush Limbaugh said it was huge, the "... Read full story »

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