Obama shoots, hopes to score
With March Madness about to officially kick off with the first full day of NCAA tourney games today, Barack Obama found a way to combine his love of basketball with his desire to be president.
Obama, who superstitiously takes to the court on the morning of primaries, has filled out his bracket and announced his Final Four picks: North Carolina, Pittsburgh, UCLA, and Kansas. His national champion: North Carolina over UCLA.
Those predictions could come from many prognosticators, but not-so coincidentally, the schools are from key states in the presidential race.
North Carolina is ranked number one and has the likely player of the year in Tyler Hansbrough, but it's also the flagship school in a state whose primary on May 6 could be key in the Democratic nomination fight. Obama announced his picks Wednesday while flying to Charlotte, where the Tar Heels hope to win the regional, after earlier shooting some hoops with soldiers at Fort Bragg.
Pittsburgh, a sleeper pick for some bracketologists, is, of course, in Pennsylvania, site of the next big showdown on April 22.
UCLA, a traditional power, is a high-profile school in California, a must-win state for a Democratic candidate in November.
And Kansas, also a top regional seed, is the home state of his mother, whose death from cancer Obama often weaves into his healthcare pitch.
We are Obama's Basketball team.
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Maybe the man just knows his basketball? I guess time will tell.
I see the media fawning over Obama includes his hoop dreams as well...His magnificent speech on race is receding already in favor more superficial coverage that doesn't inform voters about anything substantive.
When will you guys get serious about journalism? You're the deputy national political director and this is what you post?
Where are the sons and daughters of Ed Murrow's school of journalism? No wonder the number of people who don't follow the "news" is growing -- you're not delivering on the promise.
Goodbye from me as well.
I see the media fawning over Obama includes his hoop dreams as well...His magnificent speech on race is receding already in favor more superficial coverage that doesn't inform voters about anything substantive.
When will you guys get serious about journalism? You're the deputy national political director and this is what you post?
Where are the sons and daughters of Ed Murrow's school of journalism? No wonder the number of people who don't follow the "news" is growing -- you're not delivering on the promise.
Goodbye from me as well.
Senator Obama knows his basketball, also plays the game. Hillary has to check with Bill. Maybe she should just go home and clean out her closets.
She can't go home to clean her closets out, there are too many skeletons in there! She's ALL fake and illegal! She only wants to go down in history as the woman that broke the glass ceiling, she's not interested in running the country, just the prestige and she will resort to anything legal or illegal to get there as will Bill.
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