Obama has even referred himself as a Dog....actually a Mutt!

President-Elect Obama May Get a Mutt 'Like Me'
By Stephen M. Silverman

Friday November 07, 2008 03:20 PM EST

From 11/9/2008...No wonder the President feels that Republicans are talking to him like a dog....even he refers to himself as a Mutt!


President-Elect Barack Obama

Charles Dharapak/AP
The main topic of the day was the economy, but President-elect Barack Obama did say Friday, at his first press conference since his election, that he is dealing with a topic close to home.

"With respect to the dog," said Obama, "this is a major issue." He said it has generated the most interest on his Web site, but before a new addition is made to the family, "two criteria that have to be reconciled."

One is that elder daughter Malia, 10, "is allergic, so it has to be hypoallergenic." The other is that "our preference would be to get a shelter dog," which would point to the possiblity of a mixed breed, or, as Obama said, "a mutt, like me."