Obama Girls Hoped for Jonas Bros, Got Dad Instead

Malia and Sasha Obama had hoped that a surprise visit Monday night after their mom’s convention speech was from someone with a little more rock-star quality than their dad, CNN reports. “Is it the Jonas Brothers?” 10-year-old Malia asked when Michelle Obama leaned down on stage to tell the girls “I’ve got a surprise for you.”

“In the end she felt that Daddy was a decent second choice,” Michelle Obama told supporters the next day. Barack Obama has said the Jonas Brothers “seem wholesome enough” and that his daughters were disappointed they’d miss their Chicago performance while at the convention.