Obama is apparently one terrible bowler. He scored a mere 37 at a Pennsylvania campaign event on Saturday. If there had been a children’s birthday party going on simultaneously, one fears a 4th grader or two would have bested the Democratic frontrunner.

"My economic plan is better than my bowling," Obama told fellow bowlers Saturday evening at the Pleasant Valley Recreation Center.

"It has to be," a man called out.

Bad bowling may be an omen. After all, there is some historical connection between bowling and the White House. President Truman opened up an alley in the West Wing. In 1955, President Eisenhower moved it to the basement of the Old Executive Office Building. This is actually where the photograph of President Nixon was taken. The alley was closed after 9/11.

Given this weekend’s performance, it seems doubtful that Obama will undo the Bush administration’s biggest blunder and reopen the bowling alley. In fact, earlier this month, Obama said if elected, he would install a basketball hoop on the White House grounds. Maybe if the ceiling is high enough, he could fit a whole court where the bowling alley once was and then invite MTV Cribs in for a tour.