Barack Obama picked North Carolina to defeat Louisville for the NCAA championship, a relatively safe selection for a trailblazing president.
Obama spent part of Tuesday making his tournament picks for ESPN, which posted his completed bracket online Wednesday and showed the First Fan filling it out with Andy Katz on the noon edition of "Sportscenter."
Of course, the president's choice drew a reaction from the Tar Heels' most intense rival.
"Somebody said that we're not in President Obama's Final Four, and as much as I respect what he's doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said from the Blue Devils' first-round site in Greensboro, N.C.
I feel a little like President Obama is more worried about elevating popular opinion, than he is about restoring financial order to this nation. Appearing on Jay Leno and making a news story of your NCAA basketball bracket doesn't make you seem Presidential, it makes you seem like the marketing guy from the cubicle on the third floor. President Obama, stratigizing your performance based on opinion polls don't make you a good President, it just makes you a self indulgent narcissist.
