Barack Obama has just taken about the manliest job on the planet. He is the president of the United States and the commander in- chief.

Before NOW gives me a call, I don't mean that a woman can't have this job. I just mean President Obama can now make senators cry and hardened military men snap to attention. He can reduce rogue nations to dust, and he has more people sucking up to him on a daily basis than Brad Pitt. What's manlier than that? Of course, President Obama has got enough nut- jobs out there perfectly willing to help him find another line of work, but that risk factor makes the job even manlier.

The only problem I see is that he enters the Oval Office with two very young daughters. Young girls come with tea parties, ballet recitals, and Barbie Dolls. I don't care what kind of statue comes with the title "Mr. President," it's going to be real tough for Vladimir Putin to take a man seriously who's just been playing with a Ken doll.

Of course, I'm assuming President Obama has been and will continue to be subject to the same fate as the rest of us with daughters. Maybe I could have avoided some of the less manly aspects of parenting young women if I had been raising my girls in the White House.

"I'm sorry ladies. I won't be sipping imaginary tea or wearing that pink feather boa, because…well, I'm the leader of the Free World! I can't watch that Barbie Nutcracker movie because I've got to watch those sneaky North Koreans. I can't dance to High School Musical with you because the Japanese head of state is throwing a dinner in my honor."

I doubt President Obama would be considered any less manly if he walked into a Cabinet meeting humming

We're All in This

Together, but he does need to be careful. He doesn't want to get caught with Miley Cyrus on his iPod. President Obama doesn't need to reject a meeting with Sen. Mitch McConnell because he heard he had cooties. He can't let his daughters play Beauty Parlor with him before his first State of the Union Address.

The country might be ready for change, but I don't think it's quite prepared for a president with a hair bow and clip- on earrings - at least one with the prefix of president.

Past presidents have kept their manliness in tact with daughters in tow. Lots of people called President Bush lots of names, but I don't think one of them was sissy, and he had twin girls. Clinton had Chelsea, but his problem wasn't keeping his manliness. It was keeping his manliness to himself.

President Obama has more pressing issues to worry about than Ken dolls and feather boas, but I wouldn't be surprised if the first official tea party at the White House was thrown by its newest and youngest inhabitants.