CNN

i think henry's just mad cuz the blue devils lost

i'm starting to really like obama...he's such a down to earth kinda guy and still a respectable leader...you guys need to relax. not all politics needs to be high strung and depressing...lighten up

I couldn't care less about Obama's thinking on basketball, let alone college basketball.

just vote present

Who cares, work on the economy!

CA is broke. Those octuplets are costing CA $30,000 per day EACH just in medical.

Fertility treatment for IVF – how much does that cost and who paid for it?

14 kids? Lots of welfare for 18 years. CA will stay broke.

I just had an idea for a new DC comic: "Prezman". President of the United States at day, forward righthander for a local D.C. baseball team at night...

OK, seriously, CNN, what was THAT about? Why not try other things Obama does NOT have a strong opinion about?

"Obama: red wine or white wine?"

"Obama undeceided on briefs vs. boxers"

and so on, and so forth, ad infinitum, ad nauseum...

You know... this kind of thing is not really newsworthy, BUT... I do find when I read these things about Mr. Obama, I come away feeling good about our country for the first time in 30 years. Why is that? Because we're seeing the White House and our leadership for the first time, as HUMAN. People who are willing to act like, and be seen as, HUMAN. Humans make mistakes, they joke, they laugh, and they relax. Maybe that attitude alone will serve to help the average American make sense of our ridiculous political landscape – and get rid of those stoogeie old-school politicians who have for too long, cluttered our government.

Baze February 12th, 2009 9:22 am ET
This man is beautiful.
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This man is an opportunist. He had no problem naming his favorite Super Bowl team because its owner had been a heavy campaign contributor/supporter!

Obama had no problem citing his favorite Super Bowl team - because there were campaign contributions and support involved.

UCONN #1

Smart! Keep Carolina BLUE!

@Proud American

You really need to read Ari Fleischer's account of how Bush's press conferences were organized, and about how they seated reporters in what they called "Siberia", which the President was told "never to go"

Both teams suck. Who cares?

Boy, haters!, haters!. So, now he's not Harvard Educated??? Repubs are getting real desperate...
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Looking for Truth February 12th, 2009 9:25 am ET

Obama being a star athelete in high school is a lie. he does not have the coordination. I also believe his Harvard education is somewhat of a lie, if not why won't he release his school info and papers. This man is not who he says he is. We are in a very dangerous time in this country and we have to know who this person is and what he stands for. NO MORE LIES!!!!

Can someone tell me what is up with grandma @ 12:06, or better yet give her a hand.

Who cares what team.... we have to listen to a full day of Lincoln's Birthday and President Obama . Explain to me why his Pork Package includes illegal aliens...Pelosi put it back...and the House took out the E-Verify Program and now the House doesn't want to renew it in March. There's a subject.

CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby's opening sentence was,
"Apparently ever the consensus-builder, President Barack Obama . . . "

Now doesn't THAT just automatically cast a "favorable" light on Obama?! Without giving examples, this is a flagrantly irresponsible statement by a journalist - but what's new - it's CNN!

Four wins in a row at Duke by UNC. Even Coach K had to admit after the game that UNC is better than Duke.

@Proud American: Newsflash! Bush did the same thing. And worse. He segregated the bloggers and those he deemed unworthy of being in his presence or of his attention (ie: Helen Thomas) to the back corner of the room.

To Proud American: The Bush administration pre-selected questioners and even questions all the time, especially in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq. He shouldn't have done it and Obama shouldn't do it. It is completely contrary to a free, independent and critical press.

DOES ANYBODY REALLY CARE!!!!!!!!!

"a star in high school"? And you wonder why Rush refers to you as the "drive-by media"? Check your facts before you report it. Your messaih was a bench warmer in high school.

Also known as "The Battle of Horrendous Powder Blue Uniforms"

tim February 12th, 2009 10:16 am ET

Lets talk about something worthwhile, like the Octuplets mom and how it now is being reported that it will cost taxpayers 1.3 million dollars of our own money to raise her kids.

Honestly, Im glad for her, but her fertility doctor should be thrown in jail for this and she should honestly have some of her kids taken away. I watched her interview and she sees nothing wrong with what she did.

It says something about the moral and family values of a person and a country when we/she sees nothing wrong with what she did.
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I am not glad for her ... for having 8 kids. She is going to USE them ... correction .. she is ALREADY using them. The hell with her.

I'm a huge supporter of the president, and I'm glad he at least didn't side with Dook. If he had done so he may have lost my vote in 2012. Some things are more important than politics, namely college basketball.

To everyone who says he hasn't done anything: He ordered Guantanamo and all of the CIA secret prisons closed, and made it possible for women to sue for equal pay. Not bad for a couple of weeks, especially after the Republicans neglected to do the right thing for years.

Also, CNN, please post this. I comment all the time and have never had anything posted, but I see all of the foolish nonsense that does get posted. Don't be afraid to post comments that are more insightful than your reporting.

I'm a tarheel born, a tarheel bred, and when I die I'm a tarheel dead!

We love you as you are Obama and please never change. build a basketball cort for yourself and also use solor on white house.

he wasnt a basketball star he was a wanna be just like he is now. He set on the bench must of the time just like he did as a senator

Obama is an extremely wise and old soul. He fears not but dares all. He will and has already made a huge impact on the history of the US. Whatever the outcome, it is all positive and a move in the right direction. I think he may be the reincarnation of Lincoln. That possibility only applies to people who believe in reincarnation. When Lincoln died, he had a lot more work to do he never got to finish.

WE GET TO TALK ABOUT THIS MEANINGLESS ISSUE, BUT COMMENTS ARE CLOSED ON THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION'S ECONOMY.

THANKS A LOT.

Ok, so maybe this isn't real news, but who cares? Some of us like a little break from all the depressing news these days! You people need to lighten up. Why do you feel compelled to write in about not wanting to read a story like this? Just don't read it! Have a nice day.

So congress is pushing a massive spending bill through while calling it a "stimulus" and yet this is supposed to be news?

Obama is a "star" to America. And the GOP is standng in the corner with their hands folded across their chest.....casting daggers at Obama in jealousy.

To those who type 'WHO CARES?'.......I DO!

If you don't care.....move along and quit typing in WHO CARES?! Why are you wasting your own time?

Obama is the man!

Maybe he should be back in DC doing all the things he promised? He gives billions to banks who continue to mismanage everything and yet give $400 to the avg worker? That's change alright. I hope all you idiots who voted for him don't spen it all in one place, like the hot dog stand outside the unemployment office.

Duke or NC??? THIS is news!!! You suck CNN!! Who gives a rats butt???

Considering this guy voted over 100+ times as "Present" – why does this non-statement from Obama shock anyone??

The REAL question – what's Sarah Palin up to today? Not to worry – CNN will have 3 or 4 articles on her. She is HOT !!

The man is just a riot in every thing he says. I can see why democrats put their hands in their underwear whenever he appears on television.

Please take care of our president Secret Service. He's a national treasure.

He's kind, unlike Rush Limbaugh, thoughtful, unlike George W. Bush, and trustworthy, unlike...well you fill in the blank.

Wake Forest was # 1 in the country when Obama took the Oath of Office. GO DEACS!! Even though we lost to NC State last night...

Wait a second!! He hasn't even been in office 3 weeks. Republicans, who have ruled for 28 of the last 40 years got us into this mess. Bush's parting shot was a 350B give-away with no strings attached and no oversight. Now Obama and his administration has to pick up the pieces. He came ready with a plan and Democrats and Republican in the House and Senate changed it to serve their own needs. WAKE UP AMERICA. You need to vote your wallets. Don't keep re-electing the same do nothing criminals to the House and Senate. If you are upset about Citibank and Bank of America giving bonuses with taxpayer bailout money, take your deposits out of the bank and don't buy their stock. Don't go to Exxon to fill up if you are upset with their profits. Quit your bellyaching and do something. And stop criticizing each other for having an opinion.

Why I love this president.

He gives me the sense that one of the branches in our government cares. He listens, he acts, and he wants us to do our part. What more can we ask for?

Let's face it, everyone knows that the Legislative Branch (Congress) doesn't get it, nor does the Judicial Branch (Supreme Court). But now, for the first time we have someone in the Executive Branch (The White House) who knows what it means to struggle. Without Barack, politics would be business as usual.

I've live a long time and I've seen a lot of presidents come and go, but this one is special. Picking him between John McCain, Mitt Romney, and the others was a no brainer. I don't want to entertain the thought of someone in the White House who has so many homes he can't count them–those days are OVER. Thank God.

Leona Little, IN

@Looking for Truth February 12th, 2009 9:25 am ET
If don't know the know the truth...don't replace it with lies out of that SOUR Puss of yours!!!

Nicolas – this DUDE, as you call him, is going to sign your sole to the devil when he signs the spendulus bill. Of course his state of Illinois is getting 2 BILLION in flat out pork! I cannot believe the people that think his you-know-what doesn't stink! Read the spendulus bill and find out what it is costing you, not to mention down the line of relatives. Of course, as this is untreaded waters, they don't have a clue if anything GOOD will come of it, just hoping it will "save" jobs. What happened to "creating new jobs"?? That flew out the window. Oh, I forgot about Pelosi's pork of the wetland and the precious little endangered mouse that got several million dollars. And the mob museum in Las Vegas??? Tell me how all of this crap, just a mere tip of the iceberg, is supposed to help you? You bunch of fools.

GO TARHEELS

Tar Heels won by luck? come on! be real! Coralina was trailing behind by 10, then came back, then led by 15+, then won the game. At where? at Duke's home court! haha! luck? no! baby! skills!

Go Heels!

Who cares. The outcome of a basketball game isn't going to improve our current economic situation.....Unless the team you're betting on wins....

@ TOBY in Illinois – EXACTLY!

Why is this news? Dose CNN knows what Obama wants for lunch?

everyday i get out of bed by the grace of the almighty, i hope i see on the news that all obstructionist on the right , that means all republicans has vanish from the earth so this country could be a better place.

Maybe he's focused on the stimulus package.

This is exactly the reason why my friends do not take CNN seriously. This is nice and dandy but why is this reported in the news?

Tim: Regarding the octuplet mom, I agree with you that the doctors never should have treated this woman for infertility when she already had six kids. The whole scheme from the beginning was to get her to have as many children at once as possible for the publicity and fame. All of her children will suffer because of her and the doctors' egos and stupidity.

There's absolutely no way one person can properly care for 14 children under the age of seven. And how do you think the six older ones are going to react to all the attention being given to the octuplets? Not just all the media attention, but the day-to-day demands these babies will need in addition to all the physical, speech and occupational therapy; follow up with pediatric neurologists and ophthalmologists; possible life-long help with any disabilities they may have from being very small premature babies.

My twins were premature and it was a real challenge taking care of them and their brother who was six years older – and that was with a husband, family and friends!

All I can say is the octuplet mom has some serious psychological problems, including but not limited to being incredibly self-centered and delusional.

There are more Important things to talk about other than sports! like Homelessnes and joblessness , and you Obama haters get over it he is our President not matter how much you continue to be haters.

Told you he was a smart man. That would be a lose lose situation.

There's something special about North Carolina college basketball.

Of course he is staying out of it. He only takes sides when there is a team from a state with A LOT of electoral votes playing a team from a state with significantly LESS electoral votes–and of course he always seems to go with the team from the state with the MOST ELECTORAL VOTES. Everything this OPPORTUNISTIC CONMAN does has a political motive. This guy would probably throw his own grandmother under a bus to win an election..........oh, wait a minute. He's already done that.

There are more Important things to talk about other than sports! like Homelessnes and joblesness , and you Obama haters get over it he is our President not matter how much you continue to be haters.

Please explain how this happens to be news of any importance.

basketball star? the dude didn't even start.

Obama bet $789 billion on Duke.

Ah, yes, another round of sanctimony from those who feel that news has to be All Important, All The Time. LIGHTEN UP.

I think that's a good idea.

Love you Mr. President.

I see a few of them out there, but where are the rest of the people berating this article and saying "Why is this news" and "This isn't news"? Usually, when irrelevant filler is posted, the comment section is flooded with people telling CNN to get back to reporting the news. Oh, wait, I see. All those people are now praising Obama for how "down to Earth" he is.

No matter how you look at it, this article is needless. I don't care if people say "It just shows how 'one of us' he is." You're all hypocrites for giving this article any time of day just to talk about how Obama continues to astound you.

Looking for Truth – If you believe President Obama was not really a Harvard student/grad, then how do you explain his being the President of the Harvard Law Review. Oh, I guess you don't believe that either.

Is this a president or celebrity? I swear Obama is on more "gossip" magazine covers than Brittney Spears these days.

Did Obama and his drunken band of merry liberal spenders just sell out a whole generation??

I'm cracking up at all the bitter and spiteful comments in this blog. I imagine a bunch of red-faced yokels pounding on their keyboards, still wearing their fading McCain/Palin t-shirts.

God bless America, haters and all

@ Looking for Truth February 12th, 2009 9:25 am ET

Obama being a star athelete in high school is a lie. he does not have the coordination. I also believe his Harvard education is somewhat of a lie, if not why won't he release his school info and papers. This man is not who he says he is. We are in a very dangerous time in this country and we have to know who this person is and what he stands for. NO MORE LIES!!!!
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Yes his Harvard education must be a lie.... he is obviously smarter than the last president to have attended Harvard. Obama must have been educated at a college where they teach their student to speak in complete sentences.

Who cares if he was a star athelete? Baseball has proven that athletes are not the roll models they should be.

You guys stop drinking that HATERADE!!!!!!!!!!!
I Love this man and everything he stands for.
I know its hard considering what we had for the last 8 years.
No, its no news but I don't care..

Whats next? His NASCAR picks?

Two wars...one nasty recession...billions in bailouts...rising unemployement....

Yes, truly this is important news, especially as it is tucked in the political ticker.

President Obama's basketball team won the state championship, and as we all know, helping your high school basketball team win the state championship automatically qualifies you to be President.

Duke runs the ACC? Sorry, but the Blue Devils aren't even #2 in the ACC any more.

Just shows, unlike Bush, he can't make a decision. Afraid he will upset somebody...... No backbone!!!!

I love Obama's sense of humor and come on people, lighten up. There are so many serious issues, sometimes it's nice to enjoy a "fluff" story here and there!

Lakers win

Clemson handed Duke their worst loss in years. GO TIGERS!!

Looking for Truth, Happy Camper, I wish you had been here when Bush was in office.

Marshall, What can you do about it?

Seth, Bush didn't know sport.

omg I am sick of this crap with Obama. Must you post everything he does. Man this isn't even political or news at all. All this Obama worship is disturbing. I can't wait till you realize he will screw you all over.

WHO IS JOHN GALT? Nobody is listening, especially the CNN moderators.......

Good to see the BOss has his eye on the ball...He (and the bufoons in the House and Senate) say the sky is falling and He is expending brainbytes on a flippin' basketball game?? Because he has fears of someone sabatoging access to his "Barackberry"???

THIS IS NOT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, MR PRESIDENT! DO YOUR JOB...LEAD THIS NATION!!! SHOW US YOUR CHANGE...NOT YOUR GAME....!!!!

I saw this in the comments:

"When you stand for everything, you stand for nothing".

While it's cute to make up your own sayings, I do believe you were trying to say;

"If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything."

What's weird is the last eight years were more like, "if you stand with Bush, you'll fall for anything." If we're making up sayings I think this one's a bit more accurate.

Everyone else bent on turning this non-story as an opportunity to let us know just how much you don't like your President, your bias is showing. Oops.

Don't you haters have a job? or anything you enjoy.

It must be depressing to be so critical ALL the time.
(by the way he did pick a team for the super bowl)

It dosen't matter......even bench warmers get a super bowl ring.
You brag on your own kids for less........get real

who cares?

If Obama gave Bill Gates a 1billion dollar check for Bill to buy what ever he likes,Cnn would praise it.

With all that is going on this is what you give coverage too!

Don't you haters have a job? or anything you enjoy.

It must be depressing to be so critical ALL the time.
(by the way he did pick a team for the super bowl)

Proud American:

Yep, unlike George Bush who had a gay, male web-porn escort turned reporter (Mr. Gannon/Gueckert) lob softball questions at him during press conferences and then, in turn, make several visits throughout the rest of his presidency at various times during the night.

Rode the bench as a player and riding the bench as a president. half honkey, all donkey

President Obama Is truly Down to Earth! Its great Having A President that is Like one of us!

CNN:

You continue to amaze me by reporting on the most useless news.

Such political coverage!

It was a great game, gotta love rivalry week. I watched my Orangemen get blown up by Conn. earlier but the Duke UNC game was a great game. Back and forth until the last few minutes.

Go Orangemen!!!

Dear Obamaphobes,

You really should pace yourselves. Eight years is a long time. Believe me I know because I could not stand Bush.

I know you are upset because McCain lost. To quote another President you all probably did not like "I feel your pain" Just think how much worse you would feel if McCain had actually won the election and the Supreme Court just stepped in and gave it to Obama. That would have really stunk. Anyway at least you will have the economic recovery going on to take you mind off the pain.

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Oh, Obama! I have been such a huge supporter, but now you have disappointed me! As a rabid Kentucky Basketball fan, I take offense to any mention of Duke Bluedevils that is not derisive!

oh my god thank you sooo much obama for being able to say be a person....oh wait he puts his pants on the same way gw did and the same way all the presidents did you all look like teenage girls at a new kids on the block concert and whats funny is he has done nothing you just let him run his course you people scare me

its amazing that people are offended because we actually admire our intelligent and compassionate president. when they admired a selfish C student for 8 years who put us in the mess we are in now.

Barack was not a star in high school and never claimed to be; but at least he was on the team and saw some minutes.

He could have been a cheerleader, you know!!! And we all know how that worked out!!!

@Looking for the truth: Why don't you look for the truth in your life and stay out of his life.

He better stay neutral! TAR! HEELS!

The economy is crumbling and this is considered a news story???? What the heck is going on, just change your name to ONN (Obama News Network)

Why is he traveling around pitching his stimulus plan?? Isn't the campaign over?? Doesn't he have work to do in DC??

Present Obama represents just how far a high school basketball player can go in AMERICA.

Congratulations.....I admit I was wrong President Obama.....I did not think that your stimulus plan would create jobs due to the amount of waste in it.....

I am finally willing to admit how wrong I was.....it has already created at least one job in Massachusetts....

Our esteemed govenor...your friend Deval Patrick....yesterday two minutes after the agreement was reached has now hired a.....

"spending czar" at $150,000 a year to "oversee" the spending of all our federal money coming in.

Great job President Obama.....

Through him....with him....in him.....
in the unity of Pelosi and Reid....
All Glory and Honor is yours almighty Obama...
Forever and ever...

Is this really new worthy? I will answer that. NO IT IS NOT!

Why don't you at CNN talk about how the DOW is down more than 2000 points since your messiah BO has taken office and lost more than 5000 since Nancy Pelosi became speaker of the house.

Oh I know why because you are in the tank for B.O.

obama sucks.

Some of you anti-obama people are truly pathetic not life losers if you take an article about basketball too serious. The only reason i read the articles was to see what kind of losers made dumb comments and i wasnt disappointed. YOu whine about "slow news days yet take the time to comment, incredible.

The Cameron crazies will be back!

@legal in N.C.You should go see a game and give your computor and your nerves a rest.I would love to know what you do for a living since your on this ticker 24/7 espousing your jihadist right wing views.

@ Henry Miller, who said "What's next? The daily report on what Obama had for breakfast?"

Well, we already know what you had...spit & vinegar. Unclench it dude.

"Jobless claims dip" (but still high) and "suprise increase in retail sales." Watching GOPers explain these things away as irrelevant, but still point at the lost 380 points in the DOW the other day is going to be extremely amusing. The reality is, none of it had too much to do with Obama and the plan other than perhaps some slight fluctuations in confidence and some bet-hedging in the investment markets while they waited to see what the final plan would be.

uh oh a "warm and fuzzy" story about the president. Get ready for another all out right wing hate attack!

not a story

GO HEELS!

President Obama played basketball in high school, but was never a basketball "star" at any point. Would you please correct this error?

Congratulations.....I admit I was wrong President Obama.....I did not think that your stimulus plan would create jobs due to the amount of waste in it.....

I am finally willing to admit how wrong I was.....it has already created at least one job in Massachusetts....

Our esteemed govenor...your friend Deval Patrick....yesterday two minutes after the agreement was reached has now hired a.....

"spending czar" at $150,000 a year to "oversee" the spending of all our federal money coming in.

Great job President Obama.....

Through him....with him....in him.....
in the unity of Pelosi and Reid....
All Glory and Honor is yours almighty Obama...
Forever and ever..

Congratulations.....I admit I was wrong President Obama.....I did not think that your stimulus plan would create jobs due to the amount of waste in it.....

I am finally willing to admit how wrong I was.....it has already created at least one job in Massachusetts....

Our esteemed govenor...your friend Deval Patrick....yesterday two minutes after the agreement was reached has now hired a.....

"spending czar" at $150,000 a year to "oversee" the spending of all our federal money coming in.

Great job President Obama.....

Through him....with him....in him.....
in the unity of Pelosi and Reid....
All Glory and Honor is yours almighty Obama...
Forever and ever.

I'm sorry, but he is the coolest, most down to Earth president I've ever seen. I love this dude.

Love this story-–just shows he is a very human person

Duke will do it in March.

A "basketball star"? He was a second stringer! Besides, any real basketball player would have picked Carolina.

Lets talk about something worthwhile, like the Octuplets mom and how it now is being reported that it will cost taxpayers 1.3 million dollars of our own money to raise her kids.

Honestly, Im glad for her, but her fertility doctor should be thrown in jail for this and she should honestly have some of her kids taken away. I watched her interview and she sees nothing wrong with what she did.

It says something about the moral and family values of a person and a country when we/she sees nothing wrong with what she did.

Just for the record, although President Obama's current hoop skills are impressive for a guy his age, he was not a "basketball star" in high school. He wasn't even a starting player on the team, as he has recounted in his autobiography.

he even votes "present" when it comes to basketball...

This President is certainly available for any and all photo-ops. Letting the democratic congress do all of the work. However, his speeches are getting boring–he would make a good TV preacher–fooling some of the people all of the time.........

Notice how stories of real political significance are edged out by fluff? And increasingly we're given the opportunity of commenting on the fluff, but not the real political stories. Not that commenting on the CNN site does any good anyway, but at least it makes us feel as though we had a voice.

WHAT? DOESN'T OBAMA KNOW THE TIME FOR SYMBOLISUM IS OVER WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE MEAT AND POTATO'S, THE MAIN COURSE. HE IS WASTING TIME AND I BELIEVE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING ALITTLE SHORT TEMPERED WITH ALL THE PHOTO OPS, HE WON, HE PROMISED HE HAS NOT EVEN GOTTEN ON THE DELIVERY LINE YET AND THE STIMULIS PLAN HAS ONLY NUMBED EVERYONE TO THE REALITY THAT HE IS STILL BREAKING IN A NEW PAIR OF SHOES AND WE ARE WEARING OURS PAPER THIN SOLES ALL I HAVE TO SAY NOW IS " WHERES THE BEEF".

That's how he should be with republican's and democrats. This man is nothing but a big f******g liar! Post this CNN, like you post all those hateful messages about Palin.

You don't have to say a single word, Mr. President. I'll say it for you..... Carolina all the way!!

Good Show Mr. President. Keep up the good work, we love you.

God, I hate sports. Especially when they leak into politics.

This is your president....transparency? Censorship? Socialism....

About half-way through President Obama's press conference Monday night, he had an unscripted question of his own. "All, Chuck Todd," the President said, referring to NBC's White House correspondent. "Where's Chuck?" He had the same strange question about Fox News's Major Garrett: "Where's Major?"

The problem wasn't the lighting in the East Room. The President was running down a list of reporters preselected to ask questions. The White House had decided in advance who would be allowed to question the President and who was left out.

Presidents are free to conduct press conferences however they like, but the decision to preselect questioners is an odd one, especially for a White House famously pledged to openness. We doubt that President Bush, who was notorious for being parsimonious with follow-ups, would have gotten away with prescreening his interlocutors. Mr. Obama can more than handle his own, so our guess is that this is an attempt to DISCIPLINE reporters who aren't White House favorites.

Few accounts of Monday night's event even mentioned the CURIOUS fact that the White House had picked its speakers in advance. We hope that omission wasn't out of FEAR of being left off the list the next time.

Surprising he just didnt say "present" when asked to pick the winner

Is this political news?

Of course not...Pres. Obama wouldn't want to risk losing future votes by actually standing for someone or something. "When you stand for everything, you stand for nothing".

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! CNN!

Gotta hand it to you...back to full censoring of anything that doesn't praise Obama. The other postings on the ticker, especially the one titled, "Obama praises stimulus...." Well, I know of many people that posted viable arguements against the stim, none of their comments appeared...again....all praise the messiah....and the comments are quickly closed...keep it up, and your credability will be zero by the end of the fiasco's term.

I guess he would stay neutral in an Israeli/Arab war too so not to offend either party.

Obama finally does something right. His publically pulling for Pittsburg ruined the game for the other half of us Steeler fans!

Duke beat Miami in overtime, so it wasn't their worst loss in years.

Nobody cares about this. Talk about ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ! Bring home the troops.....................You're detroying our country and setting up a one world government which we don't want.................

Why does the article describe him as a "consensus-builder"? He is anything but.

If Bush would have made all these comments on sports he would have been steamrolled by everyone in the media.

Doesn't matter. We still won.

Republicans should ease off a little from spewing their hate on President Obama because 4 yrs of this could destroy their existence because the world is catching up with their hypocrisy and irrelevance.

Hey CNN–Duke BEAT Miami. They lost to #12 Clemson last week by like 27 points or something. Get your facts straight!

Whoa, this was a pretty poorly written blog. Obama wasn't a basketball star in high school, he didn't start on the Varsity team that won the State Championship his senior year, not really even picking up minutes during the championship blowout. Secondly, Duke lost to Clemson, two games ago. They are were actually coming off an overtime win against Miami. Get your facts straight, after all, you work for one of the biggest news networks in the world.

Duke lost to Clemson, not Miami.

Basketball star? Wasn't he a bench player?

Our economy is in the crapper and we want to talk about College Basketball.

Let's try some NEWS!

Except for the fact that Duke didn't lose to Miami...

We may have lost last night, but we(DUKE) run the ACC. Carolina just lucked up last night. We'll meet again come ACC Tournament time.

GO BLUE DEVILS

Obama being a star athelete in high school is a lie. he does not have the coordination. I also believe his Harvard education is somewhat of a lie, if not why won't he release his school info and papers. This man is not who he says he is. We are in a very dangerous time in this country and we have to know who this person is and what he stands for. NO MORE LIES!!!!

This man is beautiful. You haters are disgusting. Never have we had anyone, President or otherwise who was so wiling to engage the people, and so capable of engaging the people. Obama has the accessibility of James Polk, and good ole "54/40 or fight" was pinnacle in the country's WESTERN EXPANSION.

Duke didn't lose to Miami. That loss he's talking about was to Clemson.

Who cares?

That's because Obama knows the real team is Wake Forest. Go Deacs!

Another slow news day. What's next? The daily report on what Obama had for breakfast?