March Madness Bracketology Veepstakes

Here is an item from CNN that uses the NCAA Basketball Tournament format. Check it out and see what you think.

Here are my "guesses." Probably won't do any better than my selections for the NCAAs!

Southern Bracket: #2 seed, Bill Nelson, got to go with the Florida connection.

Showdown Bracket: #3 seed, Evan Bayh, it is all about the electoral votes and every state you can flip from the 2000 results is what both sides are after.

Gravitas Bracket: #1 seed, Dick Gephardt, of course, Dukakis selecting Bentsen didn't help (1988), Bush doing the opposite in choosing Quayle didn't hurt (1988) and two gravitas candidates in Dole/Kemp (1996) didn't win.

Women's Bracket: #7 seed, my long shot pick, Dianne Feinstein of California. No, Democrat Kerry doesn't have to worry about California's electoral votes. If it is actually close on the left coast then Bush is on his way to a 40+ state blowout and the celebration parties would have started long before polls close out here. Kerry maybe in a Mondale (1984) like hole in terms of the public's view of him. Mondale responded by plucking Ferraro from the House. She quickly was seen as not quite ready for prime time. Feinstein would be viewed as a serious choice and this could energize the party and the campaign and is just the ticket for Kerry to take the keys to the White House.

However, having said all of the above, in the end, if the economy is rebounding and the situation in Iraq has calmed down then Bush could be on his way to a 40+ state landslide. If the economy is rebounding but the Iraq situation remains chaotic, we could be in for another long night like 2000 and another state besides Florida might wind up with the microscope taken to their vote counting procedures. If the economy is stalling and Iraq is chaotic, Bush 43 will end like Bush 41 as a one-term presidency.

UPDATE: Here are the bloggers who have used the CNN article for blog posts... at the time I checked, 16 bloggers have done so.

Wonder if any of the Higher Beings of the blogsphere like Instapundit will pick up the bracketology veepstakes?