a.k.a.

Barack Obama = Renegade
Michelle Obama = Renaissance

John McCain = Phoenix
Cindy McCain = Parasol

Joe Biden = Celtic
Jill Biden = Unknown

Sarah Palin = Denali
Todd Palin = Driller

Secret Service code names for the U.S. presidential and VP political candidates and their spouses as reported by The Guardian.

Other code names of interest (per Wikipedia):

JFK = Lancer
Reagan = Rawhide
Nixon = Searchlight
Clinton = Eagle
Ford = Pass Key
Carter = Lock Master (or Deacon)
George Bush Sr. = Timberwolf
George Bush Jr. = Tumbler

And, inexplicably, Prince Charles = Unicorn.

so would a rose

I can't tell you how often I've heard guys who wanted their kid to be able to say truthfully 'Danger is my middle name.' But their wives absolutely refused.

Michael Sherrod, author of the book "Bad Baby Names" as quoted in "A Boy Named Sue, and a Theory of Names" in this morning's New York Times.

Sherrod and co-author Matthew Rayback combed census records for bad baby names and found these among others: Emma Royd, Post Office, King Arthur, Helen Troy, and Ima Hooker.

(Apologies: No links 'til later. Posting by cameraphone. Outbound to L.A.)

Update: Linked.