Political Bracketology

Adept NCAA brackets can win you money in an office pool, respect among your friends or...political capital. At least, that's the thoughts of some observers.Last year, the candidates for U.S. Senate sniped at each other over their bracket choices. And this year, there's no shortage of coverage of President Barack Obama's NCAA picks. Some outlets have questioned the President's choices (too safe--he has the number one seeds in the final four). Others have dug for political meaning (where does he rank schools from 2012 battleground states?). And other outlets have said there's too much happening in the world for the President to bother with college basketball (we could say the same about some news outlets).The best coverage, though, comes from the Awl, which parses Mr. Obama's choices on politics and stats, then compares his picks to the national averages.