House Minority Leader,John Boehner, says it correctly: "Listen I think it's a great idea to promote Chicago but he's the president of the United States, not the mayor of Chicago," Boehner said. "And the problems we have here at home affect all Americans and that's where his attention ought to be."
Politico said the the White House originally noted that Obama wouldn't be making the trip to Denmark due to the pressing issues of Health-Care, and the desperate push to get the bill ready to pass (before Americans have any more time to examine it).
As Michael Steele said,"If the priority is the Olympics in seven years, okay, then tell the nation that’s the priority and that’s what we should be focused on because we’ll create jobs then and we won’t worry about it between now and 2016. But if the goal is to create jobs here in America today, then let’s do that".Maybe, for the first time on an overseas trip, we will hear Obama say "nice things" about America as he lobbies for the Olympics. He and Michelle will be putting a good spin on Chicago. Certainly Obama will not feel the need to apologize for all of our gold medals.
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