Even the President has joined Who Dat Nation, rooting for the team that most of America has adopted as their own. “I guess I’m rooting a little bit for the Saints as the underdog partly just because when I think of what’s happened in New Orleans over the last several years and how much that team means to them,” Obama said earlier this week.

The President sat down with Katie Couric during a pre-game interview and discussed health care, the deficit and other pressing issues, but also took a few minutes to talk football and acknowledge that he wished he could sign an Executive Order mandating a close game. Acknowledging that the Colts are favored, he also said he had a “soft spot in his heart for New Orleans”. He had high praise for Drew Brees who he had gotten to know during the filming of a promotional commercial for kids and sports. He is “a class act, a terrific guy” who has a “wonderful family”. The “Colts have to be favored”, he continued, but he also admitted he might have a bit of an axe to grind as it was the Colts who beat his Bears several years ago.

White House Superbowl Party Guest List:

Members of Congress:
Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)
Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA)
Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN)
Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN)
Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT)

Cabinet Members:
Secretary Shaun Donovan
Secretary Arne Duncan
Attorney General Eric Holder
Administrator Lisa Jackson
Secretary Janet Napolitano
Ambassador Susan Rice
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary Eric Shinseki
Secretary Tom Vilsack

The Vice President and his family are spending the weekend in Beaver Creek Colorado.

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