Pet Elections '12

The presidential elections this year have taken an interesting turn. One hand you have the Cats, whose candidate field has grown to unheard-of proportions. "House" cat Mitt Pawmney maintains a solid showing in the polls, but he is heavily challenged by Milk Party candidates Meowchelle Bachmann and Rick Purry. Candidates such as Gary Jumpson and Jon Huntscat have been given little media attention, while Herman Climb and Newt Clingrich hold on to hope in the eyes of the media and the Cat voters. Then there is the case of niche Cat Ron Prowl, who maintains a strong following among the Pets, but many find him to be too much of a Dat, a Cat/Dog hybrid who focuses on being as independent and inexpensive to care for as possible (as opposed to Cogs, who are known to manipulate and completely bankrupt their owners, though many deny it), and stands against moving on pounds to keep them from killing animals, so it is too soon to know what his chances are in the primaries.

Among the Dogs, however, incumbent Bark Opawma remains essentially unchallenged. Rumors have surfaced that one of the Blue Dogs might come to challenge him, especially as some see him as too much of a Cog, but many say that, due to lax efforts in breeding, few Blue Dogs remain these days, and those that do would not make viable candidates.

Many voters say they are fed-up with the fact that they only get to choose between Cats and Dogs. Some believe that a third party, likely birthed from the Milk Party due to its Dat influences, will appear within the next few years. It will certainly make things interesting if it does.