Puppies vs. issues in Maryland Senate race
2006-09-28
Source: The Hill
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rss feedWhen the politics gets rough, the politicians get puppies - at least that seems to be the case in what could become a tight Senate race in Maryland, one of the bluest of blue states.
As the country debates weighty issues such as whether to reinterpret the Geneva Conventions to make President Bush's military tribunals legal and how to move forward in Iraq, the candidates in Maryland's Senate race are spending an inordinate amount of time talking about puppies.
Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, the GOP nominee for Senate, has been running a television advertisement meant to illustrate that in an anti-Republican political environment, he is a Washington outsider. With Moseby, a black and white Boston Terrier at his side, Steele holds up a fake newspaper with the headline, "Steele Hates Puppies."
"For the record," he says, "I love puppies."
Lately, it seems that the puppy metaphor is taking on a life of its own in a contest that pits Steele, who is black, against Rep. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), who has a reputation as a cautious if skillful legislator.
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