A Tale Of Two Presidents And Two Poodles

Here we have two Presidents of Federal Republics, one is the Messiah who was deemed by the left to be the bringer of peace and a new dawn, Guantanamo Prison would be closed as an affront to the principle of Law and Civil Liberties. One is the most 'powerful' President in the world. One has just got a kicking from the electorate after two years for failure to live up to naive expectations of his electorate .

The other is Doris Leuthard, President of the Swiss Federation since January 1 2010

''The Swiss President is not the Head of State of the country: the Swiss Federal Constitution knows neither a Head of State nor a Head of Government. Both of these functions are administered by the Federal Council collectively. If a
tied vote occurs in the council (which does not happen too often, the
number of Federal Councellors being an odd number), the President, being its Chair, casts the deciding vote.

In addition to the control of their own Department, the President
carries out some of the representative duties of a Head of State. At
first this was only the case inside Switzerland: The President gives
speeches on the New Year and the Swiss National Holiday (1 August). More
recently, added foreign visits means that the President also often
travels abroad.

However, because the Swiss have no single Head of State, the country
also carries out no state visits. When traveling abroad, the President
does so only as an ordinary Minister of a government Department.

Visiting heads of state are received by the seven members of the
Federal Council together, rather than by the President of the
Confederation. Treaties are signed on behalf of the full Council, with
all Federal Council members signing letters of credence and other documents of the kind "  (wikipaedia)

Here are a couple of poodles who think that one of those Presidents is the best thing since sliced bread.