Sen. John McCain's campaign is keeping his NCAA bracket a secret until after the games begin Thursday. Maybe he's afraid Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama will steal his selections?
The campaign is sponsoring a tournament contest for supporters to compete against McCain and against other supporters. The campaign is using a points system — 1 point for each first-round game correctly predicted, 2 points for round two, 4 points for round three, and so on — and the top finisher gets a John McCain fleece.
With McCain traveling overseas, including a visit to Iraq, he's got other things on his mind than basketball. But let's hope he's not going to pull the same trick I used as a sixth-grader, claiming I was waiting for the Sports Illustrated bracket which arrived in the mail on Thursday, which let me hold back my bracket until after the games started.
— Stephen Dinan, national political reporter, The Washington Times
Comments (3)
seriously. this makes news!!!
Posted by mike | March 17, 2008 12:33 PM
In complete offense, this is COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS. Is he not a politician? How about he puts statements on his website pertaining to how he is going to fix this country???? This guy is ridiculous, and he makes me sick.
Posted by Lisa | March 17, 2008 12:39 PM
So the presidential candidate and hi staff are gambling? Definition #1 on "dictionary.com" describes gambling as: "to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes." The game is the NCAA tournament brackets; the winnings being a John McCain fleece. Yup - gambling by definition.
Posted by Artie | March 17, 2008 12:39 PM