How about Maverick? Or Yes We Can?
Those were two of the names suggested by Americans for the Obamas' White House puppy, according to a new MSN-Zogby poll.
Here are the most popular names written in by poll respondents (in descending order):
- Hope
- Lucky
- Change
- Sarah
- George
- Maverick
- Snoopy
- Buddy
- Champ
- Dog
- Freedom
- King
- Liberty
- Lincoln
- Martin
- Saul
- Yes We Can
Other, less popular suggestions:
- Abrahound Lincoln
- Audacity
- Big Reg
- Donut
- Duffy
- Duke
- Economy
- Entropy
- Howard (Dean)
- Lady Liberty
- Liberty 'Libby'
- Momentum
- Nomad
- Nova or Jade
- Oprah
- Promise
- Rosa
- Rufus
- Secretary of State
- Tina Fey
So what kind of dog should the Obamas get? We asked that in our poll, too. One quarter of respondents said the Obamas should get a mutt; 15 percent said a golden retriever would be the best choice. Forty-five percent weren't sure.
True enough. It is a tough choice.
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Information about the poll: Zogby International was commissioned by MSN to conduct an online survey of 1,549 adults.
A sampling of Zogby International's online panel, which is representative of the adult population of the U.S., was invited to participate. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion and gender to more accurately reflect the population. The margin of error is +/- 2.5 percentage points.
