My Chihuahua is for Obama.

She thinks the AP-Yahoo poll which found that pet owners favor McCain over Obama 42 percent to 37 percent, with dog owners particularly in McCain’s corner is just barking up the wrong tree. I am just astonished 1,759 adults actually took part in the poll and didn’t hang up the phone thinking it was a prank call.

My dog says she wants to know what kind of dogs were surveyed. She thinks polls like this frequently focus on big family dogs, the labs and retrievers. She says small dogs especially Chihuahuas (think Mexican) are frequently left out of the survey. She notes that the American Kennel Club poll for what kind of dog Obama, win or lose, should add to his household does not include a Chihuahua. That would be too politically sensitive, more so than a fist bump.

She is curious why it includes a Bichon Frise, Chinese Crested or Miniature Schnauzer. My dog thinks Obama should beware of the American Kennel Club. She is sure that the it is part of a swiftboating campaign that’s trying to make Obama seem as foreign as possible to other Americans. Otherwise why present so many foreign sounding options? I mean how many Americans can even pronounce Bichon Frise?

My Chihuahua who just had very expensive cataract surgery and does not have any insurance thinks Obama might actually have a health plan for her. She also thinks as a small dog who has to share playgrounds with large dogs, she wants a President who knows what it’s like to be a minority. She thinks he might expand Chihuahua Cha Cha, a safe space for small dogs in San Francisco, across the country.

Dogs are not a monolithic voting bloc, she tells me no matter what figures Yahoo-AP barks out. I reminded her the poll was about pet owners, not pets and she said it’s a well known fact that “human companions” merely reflect the votes of their “animals.”

The poll also found cat owners favored McCain 41 to 38 percent. I told my cat that and he just shrugged. He says he’s yet to find a cat who cares one way or the other.

He doesn’t care what color the president is, as long he catches mice.