President Barack Obama

When Barack Obama announced his presidential victory over John McCain in Chicago on November before a live audience of hundreds of thousands, and a worldwide television audience of perhaps hundreds of millions, he made a unique promise. He told his daughters Sasha and Malia that they had earned a new puppy, which would join them in the White House.

It seems that the whole world is fascinated with the incoming First Family’s search for a new puppy. The topic even arose during president-elect Obama’s first news conference post-election. It appears that this human-interest aspect of the new First Family will continue to attract considerable media and public attention.