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Did David Axelrod Just Make Romney's 'Crate-Gate' a Campaign Issue?

President Obama's campaign strategist David Axelrod chimed in Monday on the scandal surrounding the time Mitt Romney drove to Canada with his dog in a crate tied to the roof of his car in the 1980s. "Crategate," as the stupid pet trick was inevitably dubbed, has been an issue championed by New York Times columnist Gail Collins, who somewhat gleefully drops a reference to the story in as many ...

'Crate-Gate' Plot Twist: Did Seamus Run Away?

PolitickerNY has a report out Tuesday that Seamus, the dog Romney famously put on the roof of the car when the family drove to Canada in 1983, may have actually run away once the Romneys reached the Great White North.

Obama's Dog Whistle

When David Axelrod tweeted a photo of President Obama and his dog in a car with the caption, "How loving dog owners transport their dogs," it was clearly shot a Mitt Romney who once put his dog in a crate on top of his car for a family vacation road trip. But, as Michael Scherer points out, it's part of a broader strategy of using a dog whistle to paint Romney as uncaring and out of touch. "Over ...

‘Crate-Gate’ Still Hounds Mitt Romney

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney might be the big dog on the campaign trail, but his stock among the friends of the four-legged continues to falter because of the persistence of infuriated animal lovers who refuse to let die the story of the Romney family pet’s harrowing 1983 car ride.

Police: Ohio dad tied up girl, put her in dog cage

A man charged with punishing his 12-year-old daughter by binding her hands and feet with duct tape and sticking her in a dog cage, then threatening to electrify the crate, was being held Friday on a $50,000 bond.