Published April 4, 2011

Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during the "Wild Irish Breakfast" in Nashua, N.H., March 17. (AP)

Newt Gingrich is in New Hampshire today, for the third time in three weeks, continuing to test the waters of a presidential run.

His first trip to New Hampshire, on St. Patrick’s Day, was the day the men’s NCAA tournament began. His third trip falls on the day the tournament ends.

That first time, WBUR’s David Boeri reported on Gingrich’s visit. One of the “controversies” of the time was that President Obama had just gone on TV to reveal his NCAA Tournament picks.

Gingrich, among others, claimed that the president wasted too much time pondering the “Baracketology” and not enough time on the disaster in Japan or the rebellion in Libya. Gingrich said his “final four” consisted of getting the country back to 4 percent unemployment, producing more oil and gasoline in-country, balancing the national budget and “controlling the border.”

In his next breath, however, Gingrich offered his NCAA pick.

Gingrich, it turns out, did just about as well as the rest of the country in picking winners — like the president, he thought Kansas would take the title.