Olympic dream still alive in Houston, apparently

Remember Houston's failed bid for the 2012 Olympics? Yeah, well, the city hasn't given up on the dream of hosting the Summer Games yet:

Monday morning, the Houston 2012 Foundation Chairman George DeMontrond will present a report to City Council members on the latest push to eventually get the games. He said they will make recommendations for future bids.

Based on this summary of bids from U.S. cities, Houston has an "excellent venue plan, most construction already completed [and] midwestern hospitality" (Midwestern?), but suffers from "summer heat [and] poor international recognition." If only we could find a way to air-condition the entire city and a certain soap opera had taken place here instead of that city to the north, we'd be so set.