March Madness at the DNC: Howard Dean's Standing in the Office Betting Pool
Poor Howard Dean! Republicans paint the DNC Chairman as out-of-touch, a loose cannon of the left -- in a nutshell, crazy . Meanwhile, Dean can't get no respect from his own party, with Nancy Pelosi et al. constantly second-guessing his decisions.
What's a guy to do? Why, what any American male with a nagging wife would do: immerse himself in college basketball!
Dean appears to be quite the NCAA enthusiast, with not one but two entries in the DNC's office betting pool. And even if his leadership skills are open to question, his basketball prognostication skills aren't half-bad.
Find out how your favorite DNC staffers are doing in the office NCAA pool, by checking out the full standings -- after the jump .
Here's the text of the memo and standings, as leaked to us by a Wonkette operative. It's pretty straightforward; we've highlighted Howard Dean's two entries.
We do have one question: Who is "Pool Boy"? He sounds hot! Could there be a sex scandal at the DNC brewing?
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After the first day of play we saw some amazing upsets, a lot of almost upsets, and some games I would have rather watched American Idol. I have included the standings below, but first I would like to hand out a few awards.
Department I am least likely to take to Vegas: AMP
Betsy had NV to go all the way and Simone had OK to win it all, need I say more.
Department who used this article to pick their brackets: Research
There is a lot basketball left but currently 4 of the 7
lowest scores belong to them. That is what happens when you use fox sports.
And finally...
Most patriotic person at the DNC: Rebekah Hutman
She stood by Air Force, all the way to the final four thats what I call a true American.
Here are the standings. This is out of a possible 16.
Deann Dye 14
Patrice Smith (2) 14
Brad Marshall (2) 13
Brian Roche 13
Damien LaVera 13
Dwayne Marshall (2) 13
Josh McConaha (3) 13
Matt McNally (1) 13
Matt McNally (2) 13
Nu Wexler 13
Patrice Smith (1) 13
T.K. Cenis 13
Alecia Dyer 12
Ali Chalupa 2 12
Allan Lopatin 12
Andrew Hayhurst 12
Betsy Kim 12
Brooks Banton 12
Chris Canning 12
Emily Barson 12
Governor Dean (2) 12
Jamie Frank 12
Jeremy Bernton 12
Julie Tagen (1) 12
Kate Sullivan 12
Katy Griffith 12
Lisa Hargrove 12
Neil Reiff 12
Rebekah Hutman 12
Rodney Shelton (1) 12
Seymour Khalilov 12
Shripal Shah (1) 12
T.K. Cenis 12
Tom McMahon (1) 12
Tom McMahon (2) 12
Zoe Garmendia 12
Addy Gross (1) 11
Addy Gross (2) 11
Ali Chalupa (1) 11
Amanda Anderson 11
Amanda LaForge (2) 11
Amaya Smith 11
Art De Coursey 11
Brooks Wheeler 11
Carl Gist 11
Christy Agner-ACC 11
Craig Kirby (2) 11
Danny Katz (1) 11
Danny Katz (2) 11
Denise Outlaw 11
David Outlaw 11
Diane T. Johnson 11
Doug Graham 11
Dwayne Marshall (1) 11
Erica DeVos 11
Ethan Schwartz 11
Governor Dean (1) 11
Jess Evangelista 2 11
Josh McConaha (1) 11
Julie Tagen (2) 11
Kim Hunter 11
Kim Postulart 11
Mark Denbo (2) 11
Mark Pasenbach 11
Marvin Turner 11
Miti Sathe (1) 11
Moses Mercado 11
Ron Patterson (1) 11
Ron Patterson (2) 11
Paul Hegarty (2) 11
Pool Boy (1) 11
Pool Boy (2) 11
R. Mills 11
Rodney Shelton (2) 11
Simone Ward 11
Amanda Anderson 10
Andrew Wright 10
Christy Agner (2) 10
Dag Vega 10
Emily Berman 10
Heather Bamore (1) 10
Heather Barmore (2) 10
John Latten 10
Jon Monger 10
Katelyn Keegan 10
Latoia Jones 10
Malik Husser (2) 10
Marissa Padilla 10
Matt Nugen (2) 10
Nick Howie (1) 10
Paul Hegarty 10
Christopher Canning 9
Craig Kirby (1) 9
Jess Evangelista (1) 9
Peter Bondi (2) 9
Amanda LaForge (1) 8
Josh McConaha (2) 8
Peter Bondi 8
Brad Marshall (1) 7
Nick Howie (2) 7