WASHINGTON ( CNN ) -- First lady Michelle Obama vowed Monday to `` take no prisoners '' as she and her husband launch an unprecedented bid for Chicago 's 2016 Olympic bid . First lady 's attitude about the effort to secure Chicago 's bid for the 2016 Olympics : `` Take no prisoners . '' `` It 's a battle -- we 're going to win -- take no prisoners , '' the first lady said with a smile at a roundtable discussion with reporters in the White House State Dining Room . She compared the intense lobbying effort to the 2008 presidential campaign , noting that in the election campaign , a lot of voters made their decision in the final days . She said members of the International Olympic Committee may do the same . `` And our view is , we 're not taking a chance , '' she said . `` We 're just not going to assume that the bids -- that the decisions are made , and so that no matter what the outcome is , we 'll feel as a country , as a team , that we 've done everything that we can to bring it home . '' The White House confirmed Monday that President Obama will fly on Thursday to Copenhagen , Denmark , where the International Olympic Committee will be reviewing bids from several countries on Friday . It will be the first time that an American president has lobbied the IOC in this manner . Mrs. Obama arrives in Copenhagen on Wednesday with White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and other top aides . `` What a dynamic duo they will be , '' Jarrett said . `` I think it will be high impact , I think their presentation will be both very personal , given that they know and love Chicago so well . '' Mrs. Obama said she and Vice President Joe Biden have been lobbying IOC members by telephone in recent days , and that she plans a packed schedule once she lands in Denmark . `` I think I 'm talking to everybody , '' she said of the dozens of IOC members who will decide the victor . She will also make a formal presentation to the IOC , before the president makes his own pitch on Friday . `` We 're each going to do our own proposal , '' she said . `` I think we have as good a chance as any country . '' She joked , however , that there are limits to how far they will work together . Watch Ed Henry 's full report on the Obamas ' Olympics effort » . `` We 're not going to do a joint poem together , '' Mrs. Obama said with a laugh . She also revealed a story that suggests she 's taking the lobbying very seriously . At last week 's G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh , she sat next to the first lady of Brazil , one of the nations with a rival bid . `` I adore her but I said , 'You know , I 'm going to hug you now and then I 'm going after you in Copenhagen , ' `` Mrs. Obama recalled with a laugh . `` And she said , 'You too . ' So gloves are off . ''
Michelle Obama to join forces with husband in unprecedented bid to nab Olympics . The first lady promises `` to take no prisoners '' during her campaign in Denmark . She 'll be working her own pitch with IOC members while president makes his own . Score: 6 `` gloves are off '' in quest to land Games .