Vice president-elect Joe Biden made news (and caused a lot of controversy) when he bought a German shepherd puppy from a breeder recently. But this weekend he said on This Week With George Stephanopoulous that he plans to get another dog — and this one will come from a shelter. Biden told Stephanopoulos that he was partial to German shepherds, …

With the second presidential debate airing last night — and Sarah Palin still being compared to a pit bull — we were thinking: If John McCain and Barack Obama were dogs, what dogs would they be? So we scoured our dog breed directory to look for canines with characteristics that reminded us of the candidates. Check out our picks, then …