Lawmakers play hoops with Obama at White House

Source: AP Via Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (AP)—You could call it the Obama All-Stars vs. the Capitol Hills.

President Barack Obama and a few members of his Cabinet played basketball Thursday night at the White House with a handful of House members, two of them Republicans.

“We ran into a president with some serious game,” said Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash.

Obama had “a sweet crossover move” and appeared to be in great shape, Inslee said. “He put a real nice move on me and beat me along the base line.”

On the president’s team were Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan. Also playing with Obama was his personal assistant, Reggie Love, once a forward for the Duke Blue Devils.

The game was closed to the press. Expected on the House side were Democrats Mike Arcuri of New York, John Boccieri of Ohio, Brad Ellsworth and Baron Hill of Indiana, Inslee and Rick Larsen of Washington state, Frank Kratovil of Maryland, Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania and Heath Shuler of North Carolina. Republicans invited to play were Jeff Flake of Arizona and John Shimkus of Illinois.


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That is so cool - no women. They would just slow things down.

Next week - a golf gathering with the guys.

Why do I feel like its 1959?

that just politically correct overkill.

But maybe its a game that men play differently. I dod not know this for sure as I d0 not like the game and do not watch it.

However I saw a clip of Kathleen Sebilius(sp?) being interviewed by Jay Leno and he mentioned something about her being a good player. She replied that she liked the game and was "an actual member of her school team" which was a little dig at her boss and , I thought,very funny.

...they'll go bowling.

I lived next door to Al's good friend Tom Downey, the youngest US congressman ever. Al used to come over and play hoops. I think he was pretty good, so was Tom. Long, long time ago...