Yay! OMG! Puppies!

Sasha and Malia Obama's long awaited puppy, Bo, has finally made his White House debut yesterday amid the cattle herd that is the White House press corps. But wait, a dog named Bo? As in Barack Obama's initials? With all the Harvard heavyweights manning the ship of state, no one could come up with a more creative name than Bo? FlyBy thinks B.O.'s claims to membership of the academic elite are seriously undermined by his utterly unimaginative choice of name.

None the less, this Obama appointment, a 6-month old Portuguese Water Dog, has at least escaped the tax troubles that have dogged torpedoed previous high-level appointments. That being said, the latest addition to the Obama team has not escaped controversy--those with nothing better to do critics clamor that the choice of a purebred dog exemplifies the shallowness of Obama's claim to bring "change" to D.C.

Deets and FlyBy's top picks for B.O.'s new dog's name after the jump.

Sancho Panza: America doesn't read. The situation is depressing enough to warrant any and all measures--including sacrificing the dog's name to the literary gods. Plus, B.O. needs a faithful companion to help his god-like boss tilt at windmills the financial system.

Karl: Class consciousness is depressingly low. The near collapse of the global financial system signals the inevitable clash of capitalist nations. Time to publicly acknowledge it. What better way to begin a workers revolution than to name the dog after the Man himself?

Cristiano: How about first family honor the mutt's honorable heritage by naming the dog after one of the few good things Portugal has going for it?

Name aside and cuteness aside, Bo is likely to leave at least some feathers ruffled. After Obama announced his intention to get a dog for his kids, discussion raged over the internet about what dog the first family should buy. At one point, the family said they would buy a Goldendoodle, a mix between a Golden Retriever and a Poodle, but animal rights activists have clamored for the family to procure one of the millions of dogs in animal shelters. Shephard Fairey even deployed to help the cause. FlyBy: "Seriously?"

Potential Upside: Judging by the rapturous response of the White House press corps, look for the White House to strategically deploy Bo to distract from this.