He totally promised the kids a new puppy as soon as they move into their new house. A big, White House.

Maybe they would like Black Beauty? But she’s like 6 years old. Black Beauty, White House. Chihuahua goes to Washington. Great with kids! But very, very afraid of cameras. All that presidential paparazzi, maybe not Black Beauty’s thing.

He acknowledges that the country is in a big, huge mess. Obviously. Look at all those Proposition 8 supporters who disagree that we should all have the same civil rights, por ejemplo. And the whole global warming thing and all. But everyone was chanting Yes We Can, and I saw Oprah crying, and really. Fireworks going off in the neighborhood, people screaming out of their car windows. There’s no way he’s worse than George W. Bush. Not in a trillion years. Maybe we even dare to hope for something more than Not Worse Than George W. Just maybe.

Do we get to have our weave poles back now, that we gave up for elections? Gustavo had them today when we practiced. Guess they’re back? You’re not going to break our hearts, right Barack? We’ll go back to practicing again, you start figuring out a real good plan for fixing up government. You let us know what we’re supposed to do to help.

I am really good at helping people pick out puppies. FYI.