March Madness Hits the White House

By
Dayo Olopade
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Selection Sunday kicked off the official beginning of March Madness 2009. And that’s your attorney general, Eric Holder, holding a palm-sized basketball as he speaks with an unidentified attendee at the announcement of the White House Council on Women and Girls in the East Room of the White House last Wednesday.

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Any guesses as to what team Holder favors? Who would THE ROOT readers like to take it all? I've been told to bet on Louisville….

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—DAYO OLOPADE

Covers the White House and Washington for The Root. Follow her on Twitter.

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