Would Barack Obama Be a Parrot-Friendly President?

To my knowledge, none of the current presidential candidates have taken a position on the wild Quaker Parrots inhabiting many of America's cities. Frankly, this might be a good thing, given that any debate over the parrots should be conducted in a measured manner to minimize the risk that the issue might further polarize the political landscape.

Still, it seems that of all the current candidates, Barack Obama might have the strongest emotional affinity with the Quakers, because one of his political mentors, former mayor Harold Washington, did so much to help them back in the 1980's. After numerous parties attempted to eradicate them from Chicago, Washington went to bat for them. He died too young, but the parrots he helped have thrived in Hyde Park (now, fittingly, Harold Washington Park). We lost our indigenous parrot (the Carolina Parakeet) 100 years ago: let's hope that our next president manages to conserve their kind.