March Sadness

So a Chicago TV station is laying into Obama's NCAA tourney picks.

After the first day of the NCAA basketball tournament, President Obama's bracket appears to be a bust.

The president, a self-described basketball junkie, managed to only pick 11 of 16 games correctly--or 69 percent.

CBS 2 imported Obama's picks, which were originally made for ESPN, into its Bracket Challenge game. Currently, the president ranks in the 27th percentile among all players.

Several contestants managed to pick every game correctly. CBS 2 traffic reporter Susan Carlson, who admits to watching very little basketball, picked 15 of 16 games correctly.

Perhaps Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski was right when he said the president should be focusing on the economy, rather than picking NCAA brackets. Obama has picked Duke rival North Carolina to win the title this year.

But hey, the Coach K thing was debunked yesterday and let's face it, if he had gotten all 16 right, how many people would now be saying ZOMG OBAMA SEKRIT PLAN TO INFLUENCE TOURNEY!

As Joshua the computer said in WarGames, "The only way to win is not to play."