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• Analysis: Chicago's loss is a blow to Obama, too (AP)
• Obama disappointed over Chicago's Olympics loss (AP)
• Health overhaul closer than ever — and yet far off (AP)
• Health care overhaul could raise Medicare Rx costs (AP)
• Olympics shocker: Rio in, Chicago out (Politico)
• Senate GOP leader offers no support to Ensign (AP)
• Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark (AP)
• Reid wants feedback on military's gay ban (AP)
• Nasal spray flu vaccine becoming available (AP)
• Dems taunt GOP: Where's your health care plan? (AP)
• Special Election Frontrunner On The Air (CQPolitics.com)
• Sotomayor won't sell NY apartment in this economy (AP)
• Obama's Copenhagen trip wasn't cheap (AP)
• The agony of Obama's defeat (Politico)
• Rio wins 2016 Games as IOC rebuffs Obama (Reuters)
• 'We played a great game': Obama on Olympic loss (AFP)
• Obama: New jobless number a sobering reminder (AP)
• Biden: 'Less bad is not our measure of success' (AP)
• Obama begins to overhaul key US appeals court (AP)
• Obama disappointed over Olympics loss: White House (Reuters)

Analysis: Chicago's loss is a blow to Obama, too (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:28 PM PDT AP - OK, so it wasn't health care, climate change or war. Still, President Barack Obama's high-profile failure to win the Olympics for Chicago could feed negative narratives already nipping at his heels — that he's a better talker than closer, more celebrity than statesman.

Obama disappointed over Chicago's Olympics loss (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:32 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama had a message Friday for the many people — including himself — who put "heart and soul" into Chicago's losing bid for the 2016 Olympic Games: "A" for effort.

Health overhaul closer than ever — and yet far off (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:48 PM PDT AP - Eight months in office, Barack Obama has now pushed closer than any other president in generations to creating a basic health care safety net for working Americans. Yet the fate of legislation delivering on his goal is far from certain: Republicans are nearly unified in opposition, Democrats hardly united in support.

Health care overhaul could raise Medicare Rx costs (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - Medicare recipients could see higher premiums for prescription drug coverage as a result of changes to complex provisions in a Senate health care bill, a senior Republican said Friday.

Olympics shocker: Rio in, Chicago out (Politico) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:16 AM PDT Politico - The International Olympic Committee’s decision to reject Chicago’s bid for the 2016 summer Olympics provided Republican opponents with another opportunity to attack President Barack Obama and left the White House struggling to explain why Obama had risked his prestige by flying to Copenhagen to make a personal plea for his hometown’s bid.

Senate GOP leader offers no support to Ensign (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:12 PM PDT AP - Sen. John Ensign of Nevada was only beginning to emerge from a self-imposed political exile over fallout from his extramarital affair with a campaign aide. Now, tawdry new details about the case are raising fresh questions whether the Ensign can be re-elected in 2012 — or even face criminal charges over his behavior.

Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:48 PM PDT AP - At a pivotal point in the administration's Afghanistan strategy, President Barack Obama and his top Afghan war commander met privately aboard Air Force One Friday for a talk the White House described as productive.

Reid wants feedback on military's gay ban (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:05 PM PDT AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to hear from the Obama administration on how to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays serving openly in the military.

Nasal spray flu vaccine becoming available (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:08 PM PDT AP - The long-awaited first vaccinations against swine flu — the squirt-in-the-nose kind — begin early next week in parts of the country, and states are urging people to be patient until more arrives.

Dems taunt GOP: Where's your health care plan? (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:14 PM PDT AP - Even as Republicans pummel President Barack Obama's health care proposals, some GOP leaders worry their party is being hurt by a Democratic counterattack: Where is your plan?

Special Election Frontrunner On The Air (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:16 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Republican Dede Scozzafava launched her first ad of the special election in New York's 23rd District, joining her two opponents, who have already been on the airwaves for more than a week.

Sotomayor won't sell NY apartment in this economy (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:59 PM PDT AP - Not even Supreme Court justices are immune from the economy. Justice Sonia Sotomayor plans to keep her apartment in New York for the time being, even as she gets a place in Washington.

Obama's Copenhagen trip wasn't cheap (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:53 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's failed bid to bring the 2016 Olympic Games to Chicago cost more than a bruised ego.

The agony of Obama's defeat (Politico) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:18 PM PDT Politico - What was he thinking?

Rio wins 2016 Games as IOC rebuffs Obama (Reuters) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 01:57 PM PDT Reuters - Rio de Janeiro won a resounding vote on Friday to stage the first Olympics in South America in 2016, rebuffing U.S. President Barack Obama, who had personally lobbied for his adopted hometown Chicago.

'We played a great game': Obama on Olympic loss (AFP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 01:50 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama was left with the rare taste of failure when votes were counted on Friday, after his hometown Chicago's hopes of hosting the 2016 Olympics died in Denmark.

Obama: New jobless number a sobering reminder (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 01:19 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is calling the latest jobless figures a sobering reminder that progress to reverse the recession comes in fits and starts.

Biden: 'Less bad is not our measure of success' (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:59 PM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden says Friday's news that unemployment jumped to 9.8 percent in September doesn't shake his confidence that "we are going to recover" from the slump.

Obama begins to overhaul key US appeals court (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:25 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has begun reshaping the nation's most conservative federal appeals court, one that has handled many high-profile terrorism and detainee cases and generally supported the anti-terrorism initiatives of former President George W. Bush.

Obama disappointed over Olympics loss: White House (Reuters) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:53 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama was "disappointed" Chicago failed to win its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics but was "absolutely" glad he went to Copenhagen to make a pitch for his hometown, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Friday.

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