REX MURPHY: dog and president show, starring Romney and Obama. “So now the presidential campaign is down to basics. Americans are to be given a stark, unequivocal choice. Which is it to be? Dog in a Crate, or Dog on a Plate? I do not think we have seen such clarity of choice in any presidential race of our time.”

Say, remember back when Obama was complaining that “They talk about me like a dog?” Maybe he just didn’t want to be dinner. . . .