[Mr Downtown]

Umm, Obama had very little to do with the site selection, other than nodding his assent afterwards. I'm not even sure he was in the room when Jackson Park was chosen. He certainly wasn't in the room when the city and U of C decided to offer the park, and I don't think he was there when Oprah Winfrey stood up and told the site selection committee that major Chicago institutions go in parks on the lakefront; nowhere else.