Because it's Friday, we present this image that White House photographer Pete Souza posted to Twitte of the First Dog in the Cabinet Room this morning chewing on some sort of toy.
While some people might debate whether these alleged "alumni" of the Obama campaign were, in fact, surprised, there were still giggles, tears, chit-chat, and a lot of Bo the dog's wandering. There were also hugs. Here are some GIFs of those hugs.
The White House has released an adorable (and kind of trippy?) video of the president's dog Bo "inspecting" the decorations, all to the tune of The Nutcracker's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy."
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President Obama's campaign strategist David Axelrod chimed in Monday on the scandal surrounding the time Mitt Romney drove to Canada with his dog in a crate tied to the roof of his car in the 1980s.
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