Speculation has been running rampant in the media about the Obama family’s new dog, which he promised to Sasha and Malia in his victory speech on Tuesday night. So far, my favorite suggested name for the dog is Maverick.

Just this afternoon, Obama gave his first press conference, and he was asked about the dog. Like the lawyer he is, he responded that they family has to weight two competing considerations: on the one hand, Sasha is allergic, so they need a hypo-allergenic dog; on the other hand, they’d like to get a dog from the pound. He added, “But as you know, most pound puppies are mutts, just like me.”

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