How adorable! Be sure to watch till the end, when Anderson Cooper makes a funny joke about not being housebroken. [YouTube]

A new poll from the venerable AP-Yahoo partnership shows that pet owners prefer John McCain over Barack Obama, 42% to 37%. (The other 21%, we assume, support pet-loving failure Mitt Romney.) Dog owners, especially, support John McCain by a wide margin, while cat owners of course lean towards known homosexual Barack Obama. Obama owns no pets because he hates domesticated beasts. But — as the AP tells us — John McCain owns a “veritable menagerie” of creatures. Sexy! MORE »

The American Kennel Club wants to know what kind of dog you think the Obama family should get once they are all elected president. The two youngest President Obamas, Malia and Sasha, have Elitest allergies so they will need a fancy hypoallergenic dog instead of a nice old mutt from the D.C. pound who would love them forever for springing it from Dog Prison. MORE »

Another fun way to choose a president is, of course, to find out what sort of pets they have — or in the case of animal haters Barry Hussein Obama and Rudy Giuliani, what pets they don’t have. MORE »

* We’re on our way back to the top — murder capital, babies! [Prince of Petworth]
* DCist Exposed Photography Show begins today at the Warehouse, opening party at 6:30PM. [DCeiver]
* If you need a ride home after the show, consider a ride-along. [Life in Mount Vernon Square]
* Nasty ass U Street pet store finally goes out of business. With luck, Results with expand. [Metroblogging DC]
* Are you helping the environment if you drive seven miles to get organic produce? [vegetables for breakfast]