How maddening is it when a president is asked before a big game or series whom he wants to win and he just says, "Well, I don't want to play favorites. I just want to see a good game. And the real winners are the American people as we come together to enjoy this event together, regardless of whom you're rooting for." Blah blah blah. For God's sake, I often want to say, you're from one team's hometown, you have the team's hat, how can you not say you're rooting for them? Are you so blandly political that you're not willing to risk a vote by have a personal interest? Have some backbone.
Obama, Mr. Change, is thankfully above all that. Today he laid out his NCAA bracket for ESPN. Today a president took a stand. It's these little things as much as the big ones that make him historic. His champion and link to his bracket below.
UNC over Louisville!
Note that he eked out a win in North Carolina in 2008 while he got smoked in Kentucky, but seeing as all he does when not running the country is watch basketball, I don't think politics had anything to do with his picking a blue team over a red team.
Obama's Bracket