Bracket buster

President Trump won't continue an Obama tradition - picking an NCAA bracket.
Guess he's too busy running the country.

Obama goes down

For the seventh straight year, President Obama's pick to win the NCAA men's basketball tournament won't.
Guess he shouldn't have asked the Castro brothers their opinions on the field.

Bracket bluster

A few more days and people will be thinking about their NCAA tournament brackets.
Hopefully, it will be the last time anybody pays attention to President Obama's bracket.
Unless he calls ESPN next March after he leaves office.
Can you imagine any of the other candidates doing a bracket for ESPN in March 2017?

Romney beats Obama

Did you think Wisconsin would meet Duke in tonight's national championship game?
Mitt Romney did.
Barack Obama did not.
Guess he shouldn't be asking the Iranians for basketball picking help.

Nova doesn't go

Our first top-seed has been ousted - Villanova.
I let the computer pick my bracket, and it put Villanova in the final.
So my bracket's busted but no big deal.
I didn't put a lot of thought into the pick, like some people.

If you like your bracket

At 6 p.m., ESPN was touting how few people had perfect brackets after the first six games.
It's more amazing that anyone picked a pair of 14 seeds winning on the first day.
I joined the Bearing Drift challenge and let the computer pick all high seeds.
So only four right out of the first eight.
One better than President Obama.
Enjoy the games.
Your knowledge might allow to snag an upset, but the numbers are against perfect bracket.

Iran negotiation solution

How do we get the best deal with Iran?
We need to use President Obama's strength to our advantage.
This week, the solution is simple.
President Obama selects his NCAA tournament bracket.
Have Iran leader Ali Khamenei pick his favorites.
Best bracket wins the negotiations.
If Obama's picks are better, Iran must give up its nuclear program.
If Khamenei wins, then they can continue.
You'd think President Obama would have the edge in this.
In negotiations against a tough opponent, use your strength and put them in the disadvantage.

Does Hillary pick a bracket?

We're gearing up for March Madness.
This evening, fans will start making their tournament picks.
President Obama has done a bracket for ESPN since 2009, and likely will appear on ESPN again this week.
He started this tradition, but will it continue after he leaves the White House?
Can you imagine Hillary Clinton doing an NCAA bracket?
If not, Obama has no power to continue this decision into the future.
Like his Iran deal.
Maybe following the bouncing ball will help him realize the limits of his power.

Can he think about governing now?

Good job, Connecticut.
You knocked out President Obama's pick for the national championship.
And the last of his Final Four picks still playing.
Way to spend your time this winter, watching college basketball instead of thinking about Russia or healthcare.
Get back to work.

Obama dislikes Virginia, Delaware

President Obama has announced his NCAA bracket.
His next dog will be named "Spot" and next cat "Fluffy."
He makes the trendy picks, going with Michigan State.
Which means he wants Delaware to lose this week and Virginia to lose next week.
Why does he hate these schools?
Let's go Blue Hens and Cavaliers.

Lessons of Obama's bracket

Ace isn't amused by news of the latest NCAA bracket by President Obama.
We just need to use lessons from picking a bracket to understand Obamacare.

1. No matter how you try, you can't get everything right.
2. It's out of your control.
3. Expect the unexpected.
4. Don't let emotions rule your decisions.
5. It's not your field of expertise. You really don't know what you're talking about, even if you think you do.
6. Even the experts are just making informed hunches.

Obama's bracket and the economy

I thought when President Obama's pick to win in the West regional - Missouri - lost, that his entire bracket was doomed.
But here, after the third day of the tournament, he's still at 97.4 percent of all brackets.
With such an important loss, how do his number remain high?
It remind me of the economic news now.
Unemployment seems to be dropping and people are spending more money. Aren't things getting better?
Maybe short-term, but the long term prognosis is not good.
Obama's bracket can only go down in the rankings. Someone will pick all eight of the Elite Eight correctly, and pick the Final Four right.
Obama's at his high water mark in the bracket challenge - and likely the economy.
In the short term he can appear to hang on. But the debt is his Missouri - the drag that ultimately dooms him.
UPDATE: Obama picked N.C. State to reach the Sweet Sixteen, and they did. We're never going to hear the end of that.
Even though his contribution is the same as his contribution to increased oil output over the last three years.

Virginia is for upsets

Norfolk State became the fifth 15th-seed to win against a second-seed in the NCAA tournament.
The third team from the MEAC to do the trick.
The third team from Virginia, joining Richmond in 1991 and MEAC rival Hampton in 2001.
The best part?
President Obama picked Missouri to make the Final Four.
There goes his bracket.

Obama's other bracket

We've fussed at President Obama for picking an NCAA men's basketball bracket for ESPN during a time of global trouble.
He also picked the women's bracket.
He did get two of the Final Four teams right.
But they both lost Sunday.
Good job, Texas A&M and Notre Dame.
Sorry, President Obama. You can concentrate on your brackets in 2013 when you have more time to watch college basketball.

Busted bracket? Blame Obama

POH diaries laments the lousy state of the NCAA tournament in 2011.
Why is it lousy?
Once Obama picked all four one’s they were doomed; and his crappiness spread all the way to the number two seeds as well.

Who killed Obama's bracket?

The Butler did it.

Obama's bracket - one in a million

What unique insights do we have from President Obama doing an NCAA tournament bracket for ESPN?
He picked Kansas to meet Ohio State in the championship game April 4.
So did 19.4 percent of people picking brackets.
Give a rough estimate of 5 million ESPN entries, and there's almost a million with the same final as the President.
Not a completely unique experience.
Through Friday's early games, he's picked 22 of 24 right. Fourteen people have all 24 right so far.
Since 20 of the 24 higher seeds have won, it's a good start for the President. If only he'd start concentrating on being a President.

Barack-etology

Iowahawk strikes
h/t Smitty
If you check the seedings, there's a 14 missing and a pair of 9 seeds.
That's okay, Obama can't count either.
And his picks aren't that impressive.
If you are looking for a daring NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament bracket full of upsets and bold picks, turn your attention away from the one filled out by President Obama.
If you want a bracket that votes present, President Obama has one for you.

In the world today

In Japan, government leaders struggled to deal with the earthquake aftermath and possible nuclear meltdown.
In Europe and the Middle East, government leaders struggled with what to do about Libya.
In the United States, President Obama struggled with his college basketball bracket.

My goldfish has bigger gonads than this putz

Preach it, Pat.