OBAMA DEFEATS McCAIN

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In the NCAA basketball tournament bracket.

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Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain is going to win the Panel o' Experts, but Obama has clinched the contest-within-a-contest between the candidates, which will decide the presidential election.

McCain, mired in 14th place -- last among those on the Panel who have lost their baby teeth -- can earn points only by North Carolina winning its semifinal and the Championship Game. Obama, who has 70 points on him, also has the Tar Heels to win it all, so McCain can't pick up any ground.

Now that we've settled that, we don't have to pay those guys much mind over the next seven months, right?

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