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Now That He's Going, Obama Better Win

Sep 29, 2009 – 11:30 PM
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Jay Mariotti

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In the sporting parlance he knows so well, Barack Obama has accepted a road game in a hostile environment. You wouldn't think of Copenhagen as such, knowing the Danish city as a clean, environmentally friendly Eurohub filled with wellness spas, romantic nooks, beer-stained bodegas, peace on earth and a corny old song that goes, "wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen." But when Obama arrives Friday to sell his hometown, Chicago, as the 2016 Summer Olympics site, he'd better be bringing his brass knuckles.

Because Brazil wants his blood.

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