Obama campaign launches 2012 NCAA tournament bracket challenge

CBS

President Obama's re-election campaign is hoping to capitalize on March Madness with a new online contest.

The "Obama bracket challenge" allows visitors to fill out a bracket for the NCAA men's basketball tournament and see how it stacks up to Mr. Obama's bracket. In order to enter the challenge, a visitor has to submit his name, email address and ZIP code -- giving the Obama campaign an opportunity to expand its contact list. After submitting a bracket, visitors are urged to "help support the President in another big match-up" and make a donation.

According to the site, the campaign will publish a list of everyone who does better than Mr. Obama, for "bragging rights," once the tournament is over.

Mr. Obama has made his NCAA bracket public every year of his presidency. Last year, Mr. Obama picked all number one seeds to make it to the Final Four.

The president will also once again sit down for an interview during the tournament, this time joined by Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron. CBS Sports' Clark Kellogg will interview Mr. Obama and Cameron on truTV on March 13 during halftime of a first round game in Dayton, Ohio -- the first and only joint interview of the two heads of state during Cameron's visit.

[RobAla]

How about the President focusing in on things that matter - the price of gas, his own record breaking deficit spending, upholding his oath to protect and defend the US Constitution, the horrible continued high unemployment, .....etc. Come January 2013, he can focus on basketball after he is returned to Chicago.

[AmazingGrce]

Now THAT's leadership - I mean a prez who can fill out his own NCAA BB Championship Playoff chart - WOW! That's the man to lead us out of this economic mess. Ha! And if you are impressed with that - you deserve 4 more years of his pathetic lies and 'leadership' you can't believe in or trust.

This is a prime reason why this idiot needs to be sent back to the streets of Chicago where he belongs - Sorry "windy city" but you supported him you need to keep him.