Mutts: The dog lovers' guide to the presidential election - A blog for animal lovers on pets, dogs, cats, shelters and animal rescue

Today the Mutts blog brings you Part One of "The Dog Lovers' Guide to the Presidential Election," a special report that asks, and answers, the question, "If the presidential candidates were dogs, what breed would they be?"

Today, we bring you the Democratic front runners. Tomorrow, in addition to wishing you a Super Tuesday, we'll unveil the Republicans. And on Wednesday, in the belief that every candidate should get his doggie due, we'll show you the lesser-knowns and also-rans.

The decisions on which breed the individual candidates most closely resemble were based both on physical appearance and personality, and the breed descriptions and behavioral characteristics that follow all come directly and without alteration from reputable sources including the American Kennel Club, the Kennel Club in London and Petplanet.co.uk.

Please feel free, even before we finish, to send in your own selections, or bark and snarl at those we have made, via our comments section.

In a moment, the Democrats -- Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

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John Woestendiek has been a features reporter at The Sun for six years. Previously he worked as a reporter, columnist, national correspondent and editor at four other newspapers, and received a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1987 for his reporting on prisons and mental institutions for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Woestendiek lives in South Baltimore with his dog, Ace.
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John,

Thanks for following the presidential campaign from a dog's perspective. They too, are citizens of the United States and will likely be affected by the next president.

In the wake of pet food recalls and the industry of puppy mills, it is vital to have a president who can manage the country's issues without neglecting our canine Americans!

I have been covering the election as well, from a canine perspective!
Hilary

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Posted by: Hilary | February 8, 2008 11:13 AM