2016 Olympics: The gold medal in failure?

As the political jockeying ramps up for the announcement of the winning bid for the 2016 Olympics, check out this great graph from our friends at The Economist.

Among U.S. cities, only poor Detroit has a worse record at going for — and not getting — the games. The Motor City is 0-for-6; Windy is 0-for-4.

Can Barack Obama tilt the odds in Chicago's favor this time? We'll find out tomorrow in Copenhagen.

http://www.globalpost.com/notebook/commerce/091001/2016-olympics-the-gold-medal-failure