Today's official White House Photo of the Day is an image of President Obama taken on Wednesday afternoon with First Dog Bo, when the duo dropped by a Pet Smart store in Alexandria, VA. The President bought Bo a huge bone, wrapped in a rawhide red ribbon, and a bag of Chew-bacca treats. Total cost: $41 dollars. The President paid with a $50 bill at the register. The White House is currently running a social media campaign, asking Americans what $40 cut from their paychecks means, in an effort to inspire outrage over the US House stonewalling the payroll tax cut.For the social media campaign, the White House "asked Americans what losing that $40 dollars would mean to them," and claims that "more than 30,000 people across the country submitted responses on WhiteHouse.gov." The campaign is also going on on Twitter, with the hashtag #40Dollars. Here's an infographic the White House created of the responses:
*Photo by Pete Souza/White House