Gutmann > Obama

 

From a political perspective, I don't see why President Obama's advisers thought it was smart for him to fill out an NCAA bracket. If he does poorly, he looks like a sports dunce. If he does well, he looks like a man who should be spending less time filling out brackets and more time saving Citigroup or crucifying A.I.G. And no matter how well Obama does, someone who wasn't happy with a Presidential snub was bound to mouth off at some point.

For Penn president Amy Gutmann, on the other hand, making picks in public is a good move. She has nothing to lose in the court of public opinion. If her bracket gets busted, who will notice?

Wouldn't you know it, Obama's picks are falterning already, while Gutmann's are doing quite well. Penn's fearless leader gue- I mean, picked the correct team in 23 of 32 first-round games. Obama's bracket — the one issue he's been conservative on — was right on just 19 of 32 games, and he lost two of his Sweet Sixteen teams (Florida State and Wake Forest), while Gutmann lost one (also Wake Forest).

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