[Vision2020] Obama Family Gets Ready to Pick First Dog

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal at:

http://tinyurl.com/cgf395
 
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Obama Family Gets Ready to Pick First Dog
Susan Davis reports on the White House.

Forget about the health and human services secretary, the Obama family is 
zeroing on their nominee for First Dog, according to People Magazine. 

This undated photo provided by Sen. Edward Kennedy’s office shows Kennedy 
holding his 13-week old Portuguese water dog, Cappy. Kennedy has voiced 
his support for the breed to the Obama family. 

http://s.wsj.net/media/water_dog_E_.jpg
 
First Lady Michelle Obama told People that the pooch’s arrival is 
scheduled April, at the urging of 7-year-old First Daughter Sasha. “So 
Sasha says ‘April 1st.’ I said, ‘April.’ She says, ‘April 1st.’ It’s like, 
April!” she said. 

The first lady favors Portuguese Water Dogs as a breed, which makes sense 
because they don’t shed and are considered one of the more hypo-allergenic 
types of dog. The elder Obama daughter, Malia, is allergic to dogs. 

At his first press conference as president, Barack Obama quipped that the 
family should get a “mutt like me” in reference to his mixed racial 
heritage.

Obama friend and political ally, Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, is 
also fond of Portuguese Water Dogs—he has two and even authored a 
children’s book featuring his pup, Splash. 

The first family has also been debating dog names–the first lady has 
already nixed Frank and Moose as potential monikers. “I’m like, no. Come 
on. Let’s work with the names a little bit,” she told People. 

As a nod to Kennedy, Washington Wire offers a name suggestion for the dog: 
Teddy.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
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Unitarian Wiccan Agnostic like myself there's really no reason ever to go 
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