Unless you have a cold dog-hating heart, there’s no denying the new First Dog living at the White House is a cute little fella.

 Bo, a Portugese water dog, is six months old. He just landed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, aka Easy Street. He’s got two little girls to dote on him, a big house to run around in and even Secret Service protection, more or less.

But there’s intrigue about his origins.  Bo was a breeder’s dog, adopted out, then returned — all in time to fit the Obama timetable of a spring adoption. Conspiracy theorists will analyze this to the…

GM and Chrysler are reacting with shock today to reports that the White House doesn’t like their restructuring plans.

 GM chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner has been forced to resign, and Chrysler is apparently being given 30 days to complete its partnership with Fiat — or else.

Bankruptcy is looking more likely. There’s already been lots of discussion of eliminating whole product lines. Financing problems remain. So what, TOTDers, would you tell these troubled car companies to do? Can they save th emselves, and how should they go about it?