*McCain Beats Obama: *In the first weekend of NCAA bracket picks
<http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mccain-pounds-obama----in-ncaa-picks-that-is-2009-03-22.html>.
The "First Bracket" may have brought President Obama some unwanted
scrutiny this past week, but a number of lawmakers --- like most
Americans --- prepped their brackets ahead of this weekend's opening
rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament.
And if the presidential election were an office pool, Sen. John
McCain (R-Ariz.) would have won the first weekend of play in a
landslide over Obama.
McCain's bracket has 14 teams picked correctly headed into the Sweet
Sixteen, placing him in the 94th percentile after the first weekend
of play.
The president has been less lucky. Despite having a brother-in-law
who coaches Oregon State's team, Obama fell short in a number of the
first-round match-ups that kept Washington and the rest of the
country distracted from work Thursday and Friday afternoon.
Less lucky, or less good at picking winners? Some of both, probably.
There is a semi-serious point to be made. In the past I have credited
Obama with knowing basketball, though not much else. This poor result
suggest that even his basketball knowledge is lacking, in some respects.
- 3:53 PM, 23 March 2009
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