2016's Cutest Dogs on Capital Hill

[Native]

Note: If you go to the link, you can vote for the cutest dog! I really like Ranger (golden retriever), but her pro-gun video turns me off (I can't believe I'm saying this about a dog, LOL), so I'm voting for Senator Nelson's dog, Glory (I've copied her picture below).

Last year at Independent Journal Review, we unveiled a list of Cutest Dogs on Capitol Hill, which became a fun and welcomed distraction from the seriousness of Congress. In 2016, the year in which virtually everyone involved in politics is at each other's throats, we decided to do it again.

There are some old faces from last year's list, and many more new ones. We even added a couple dogs not affiliated with any congressional office, but from politically active groups working extensively on the Hill.

Here is how we did it: Owners submitted their dogs, who were individually photographed by IJR's photojournalists at a location of their choosing on Capitol Hill. The IJR staff then voted on the dogs, without knowing their political affiliations (to maintain objectivity of course).

...the final product: 18 of the cutest dogs on Capitol Hill.

Image Credit: Rob Groulx for Independent Journal Review
When Glory is not posing for stunning photos in the garden of the Florida House on Capitol Hill, she is retrieving birds for Bale Dalton, a military policy legislative aide to Sen. Bill Nelson.


http://ijr.com/2016/09/682496-the-2016-list-of-the-cutest-dogs-on-capitol-hill

[pepperbear]

1. they are cute but...

it seems they asked only republicans, with one exception.

[mopinko]

2. yeah, what's up w that?

i love that old boxer, tho.

[Native]

4. I can't believe they had to give Ike CPR on the campaign trail. I wonder how old he is.

Image Credit: Rob Groulx for Independent Journal Review
Ike is a boxer and a fighter. Ike's owner, freshman Senator Thom Tillis, admitted to once administering CPR on the hound after he stopped breathing in 2014.

[mopinko]

6. does look like a pretty old fellow.

and to be honest, not the best example of his breed i have ever seen.

[Native]

8. Are you referring to the dog or his owner?

[Native]

3. They asked for submissions - so does that mean Dems don't have dogs or they just didn't submit?

I don't know, but I think there is something suspicious about this. It may even have the potential to be bigger than the Bondi Bribe!

Glad my state was represented by a Democrat! We should call for all of DU to vote for Nelson's dog. LOL.

[SharonClark]

5. This may be why

The Independent Journal Review was founded in 2012 by entrepreneurs and former Republican party staffers Alex Skatell and Phil Musser. The editor is Bert Atkinson, a former waiter. Skatell has described the site as targeting a "mainstream center-right audience". The site has been described as a cross between BuzzFeed and RedState, and a cross between the Drudge Report and Upworthy.

[Native]

7. Well that would explain it - the editor is a former waiter. Makes sense to me!