It is clear that, inthe aftermath of the IOC's decision to eliminate America's Windy City inthefirstround of voting and to select instead Rio de Janeiro, this rejection was not only a stunning personal failure for "The One, " (a title Obama's admirers seem to have embraced as much as his critics).
The fact that he has privatized his friends list is especially ironic as the company tried to eliminate that as an option inthefirstround of privacy changes.