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  Political Animals

  Posted Tuesday, January 08, 2008 4:21 PM | By Christopher Beam

  Maybe this happens every four years, but I feel like there's been an unusual number of animals trotted out on behalf of candidates this cycle. Here's one dog I caught at a Huckabee event at the local American Legion last night:
   

  

  Then there's the Great Dane prowling the streets of Manchester, N.H., for Richardson:  

  

  And finally, the Obama goat (or whatever that thing is). He was stumbling around a bit, as if drunk or sedated:
  

  

  In terms of publicity, an animal is worth 1,000 humans.  

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About Christopher Beam

• Christopher Beam is a Slate political reporter.

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