Check out this video of Obama shooting hoops. If he’d hit the rim, it would have had no effect on the election. If he’d missed entirely, he would have lost the election (since he’d be an elitist girly-man). But since he hit it, I think he just won Michigan. Maybe Ohio, too.I jest but this sure does help erase his bad bowling scores, which had become a symbol of his elitism. Interestingly, Obama reportedly avoied playing basketball in public because he didn’t wnat to feed stereotypes about African Americans. I guess his need to show himself to be a Regular Guy has now trumped those concerns.Update: Just noticed it was a three pointer. Does that mean he’s won Indiana?

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