Man's Best Friend Also Does Endorsements

(Via the Kansas City Buzz Blog)
Maria, a three-month old toy poodle, is backing the Funk in this month's Kansas City Mayoral primary.

KC Candidate Mark Funkhouser is turning to one of his newest supporters, Maria, a 3 month-old toy poodle, in a web ad for his campaign.

In a Mr. Ed style move, Maria (aided by a dollop of peanut butter and a voiceover by an 8 year-old girl) sings Funkhouser's praise in the ad.

The KC candidate will likely bring the sunshine with him. Funkhouser was the city auditor from 1988 until his retirement in 2006. The former social worker is also a regular columnist for Local Government Auditing Quarterly, a journal he edited for eight years.

Kansas City Star columnist Steve Kraske wrote Sunday that Funkhouser is a solid second place. A good thing in the KC system where the top-two primary finishers go on to the general election in March.

You can watch the ad on Funkhouser's website.