US President Barack Obama could be in the doghouse with his mother-in-law after suggesting Bo, the family pet, has more charisma than her. He was quick to correct his Freudian slip in a campaign speech he made yesterday in Davenport,Iowa. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/aug/Obama_1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 346px; " /> Bo the family&rsquo;s Portuguese water dog. Pic/AFP After his wife Michelle addressed the crowd, Obama took the podium and said, &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s face it, on the charisma rankings in my household, you&rsquo;ve got her (Michelle), the girls, Bo and then my mother-in-law and then me.&rdquo; <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/aug/1708obama.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 684px; " /> I love my mother in-law too: US President Barack Obama was quick to correct his comments, saying that mother-in-law Marian Robinson was in fact more charismatic than Bo (left) the family&rsquo;s Portuguese water dog. Pic/AFP While Bo the Portuguese water dog has been a very public fixture at the White House, Obama realised what he had said and was quick to say his mother-in-law Marian Robinson was actually more charismatic than the dog. He said, &ldquo;Actually my mother in-law is before Bo, obviously. I love my mother in-law, too &mdash; that&rsquo;s where Michelle got her looks from.&rdquo; Robinson lives with the family in the White House after Obama became the first American president to appoint a &lsquo;First Grandmother&rsquo; in 2008 to look after his daughters. But perhaps Bo, who is never far from the political limelight, is Obama&rsquo;s favoured companion in the White House. The First Dog was a gift from Senator Edward Kennedy and his wife to Obama&rsquo;s daughters Sasha and Malia who had been promised a dog by their father when he was on the presidential campaign trail.

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During a campaign speech Barack Obama said his dog Bo was more charismatic than his mother in-law; minutes later, he corrected himself 

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