Wrote sometime in last week that I expect Rio to win the Olympic bid for 2016, but I think it got stuck in the queue (or maybe I'm remembering a comment).

Anyway, pretty easy call to make: US has had plenty, London just got it so Madrid less sexy, and Japan's been done recently enough with Sapporo. Brazil is rising star and Games have never been held in South America.

Record of all Games being in current Core membership stays intact.

Good news for US viewers--no time delay required!

[Ed: Here's Tom's post which he sent to me Oct 1st at 4:18pm]

ARTICLE: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/world/americas/28brazil.html, By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO, New York Times, September 27, 2009

I do expect Brazil to win because I expect many in the Olympic community want its rise to be codified in this manner, just like China's.

Plus, South America has never hosted.

Get into the Core, host the Olympics--as I noted in Blueprint.