Not good news for pet-less Obama:

An AP-Yahoo! News poll found that pet owners favor McCain over Obama 42 percent to 37 percent, with dog owners particularly in McCain’s corner.

Excerpts:

“I think a person who owns a pet is a more compassionate person — caring, giving, trustworthy. I like pet owners,” said Janet Taylor of Plymouth, Mass.

And…

Richard Powell, 79, of Spokane, Wash., whose dog passed away last fall, said if a person owns a pet that “tells you that they’re responsible at least for something, for the care of something.”

And the most telling of all…

On the other hand, the poll found that among people who don’t have pets, Obama leads McCain 48 percent to 34 percent.

And it’s not surprising then that these McCain supporters get bitter, and cling to their dog or their cats…