Obama’s NCAA Bracket: Hope but No Change
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March 21 (Bloomberg) -- Like the presidential pardon of theThanksgiving turkey or baseball’s ceremonial first pitch, theFirst Bracket is now a Washington institution. So it wasinevitable that it would become politicized.
This year the criticism started even before PresidentBarack Obama announced his picks for the men’s collegebasketball tournament: Congress is still waiting for thepresident to deliver his budget, Republicans said, yet he hasthe time not only to handicap 68 National Collegiate AthleticAssociation teams, but also to tape a segment with ESPN breakingdown his selections?