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Olympics Tue Jun 16 2009
Ben Bradley Blogs aBroad.Ly.
I'm enjoying Ben Bradley's blogging of the Olympic bid efforts. He's in Switzerland right now:
Former US Olympic Committee Chairman Peter Ueberroth had it right a few years back. Ueberroth threw cold water on Chicago's bid with a verbal slap across the face. He essentially said, at the time, he thought we were near the bottom of the list of cities bidding to host the 2016 Games. An analysis by aroungtherings.com earlier this month had Chicago in first place. The reality is no one knows how IOC members will vote this fall. Their motivation is as diverse as the countries they represent.We love our city warts, parking meters and all. But to truly understand our odds of winning the Games, we have to take the blinders off.
I'd write more, but what do you know? My train is arriving in Lausanne. I love good public transportation.
Well played, Bradley.
