DSD

Turns out Pres­i­dent Obama picked his own bracket for the NCAA Tour­na­ment. This is per­haps unsur­pris­ing, con­sid­er­ing how big a bas­ket­ball fan he is. How­ever, the video of him con­struct­ing this bracket is sur­pris­ingly hilarious:

Three imme­di­ate responses:

1. This is awesome.
2. Does he implic­itly con­done gam­bling at the end of the video? (Not that I really care, but I’m sure Sarah Palin would be self-righteously incensed if she knew.)
3. Imag­ine what it’s like to be a col­lege bas­ket­ball player, know­ing that the pres­i­dent of the United States knows who you are, and is siz­ing you up.

The full arti­cle about Obama’s picks, includ­ing dis­cus­sion and com­men­tary is here.