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Trump Plants the Flag!

Trump looks like he has climbed the GOP mountain! Of-course, he is planting the flag in the elephant’s butt, and I thought hard about whether to drop the elephant’s pants. I decided not to drop the pants because I thought that would be too raunchy for the mainstream papers – this one might be too raunchy for them even with the pants in place.

I drew this one live, but I haven’t posted the video here. This stream was something of an adventure, as I continue to learn how to live-stream. I was experimenting with hosting other artists streams at the end of my own stream; this is a Twitch custom, when a stream ends it is a nice gesture for an artist to “host” another artist’s stream, so his audience at the end just moves on to the other artist. OK. I did that, and went out to dinner and an evening of watching the entertaining Republican debate.

When I woke up the next morning, I noticed that the computer was still streaming, for 19 hours. I sleep in the bedroom close by my studio, and had sent out a live stream of my snoring all night. To my surprise, I had an audience of 20 people watching the broadcast of nothing, and I was picking up new followers through the night at about the same rate as when I’m actively streaming. My program (OBS) that does the streaming, had frozen, and turning it off or quitting didn’t work, I had to force-quit.

On top of that nonsense, when I sat down at my computer this morning I was wearing my underwear and the stream got a nice view of me in my chones. (It could have been worse; there’s a 40% chance that I might not have been wearing any underwear.) YouTube and Twitch selected a random image from the stream for the lead image of the video, and both selected the view of my underwear. Finally, I understand what happened to Anthony Wiener, poor guy.

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Gingrich Out

It’s official – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will suspend his presidential campaign next Tuesday.

It’s about time. If it wasn’t desperate enough that Newt Gingrich made Delaware his Waterloo, Newt was completely routed last night by Mitt Romney in all five primaries.

Newt’s campaign has been running on the fumes of $2.50 a gallon gas for a while. Here’s a round-up of cartoons about desperate Newt…

Daryl Cagle / msnbc.com (click to view more cartoons by Cagle)
R.J. Matson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch (click to view more cartoons by Matson)
Rick McKee / Augusta Chronicle (click to view more cartoons by McKee)
Adam Zyglis / Buffalo News (click to view more cartoons by Zyglis)
Larry Wright / Cagle Cartoons (click to view more cartoons by Wright)
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Five Easter Cartoons About the 2012 Primary

I know a lot of cartoonists hate drawing holiday cartoons, but I always look forward to using the unique visual imagery every holiday has to offer in new and interesting ways.

As we’re in the midst of a contentious Republican primary for the party’s Presidential representative, I thought it’d be cool to post five cartoons weighing in on the race using Easter imagery. It’s just too bad they weren’t all drawn on eggs…

Daryl Cagle / msnbc.com (click to view more cartoons by Cagle)
Jeff Parker / Florida Today (click to view more cartoons by Parker)
Chris Weyant / The Hill (click to view more cartoons by Weyant)
Adam Zyglis / Buffalo News (click to view more cartoons by Zyglis)
Bill Schorr / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view more cartoons by Schorr)
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Romney Fever

Republicans have a fever, and the only prescription is more Mitt Romney!

Romney had an overwhelming win in the Illinois primary last night. If that wasn’t enough momentum, former Florida governor Jeb Bush then officially endorsed Romney, putting more establishment weight behind the GOP front-runner.

Regardless of what the establishment thinks, the gaffe-prone Romney still has a problem connecting to voters. Romney’s attempts to relate to the electorate come across as pandering. This is nothing new for Romney – I drew this cartoon about him during the 2008 campaign, and it still applies today…

We’ll see if the combination of a win in Illinois and the support of Jeb Bush will help Republicans coalesce around Romney. For now, he has a long way to go, according to our cartoonists…

Rick McKee / Augusta Chronicle (click to view more cartoons by McKee)
Jimmy Margulies / The Record (Click to view more cartoons by Margulies)
Chris Weyant / The Hill (click to view more cartoons by Weyant)
Nate Beeler / Washington Examiner (click to view more cartoons by Beeler)
Patrick Chappatte / International Herald Tribune (view more cartoons by Chappatte)
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The Winner of Mississippi and Alabama: Cartoonists

Last night, in two hard-fought GOP primaries a real winner finally emerged from the frothy mess that has been the Republican field – the nation’s editorial cartoonists!

With Rick Santorum winning both Mississippi and Alabama, it almost guarantees this crazy GOP Primary will continue on, possibly all the way to the party’s convention in Tampa. And if Newt Gingrich drops out, Rick Santorum would become a formidable candidate for Team Romney to contend with. All this is good news for cartoonists, who have been enjoying this primary about as much a Mitt likes a bowl of cheesy grits.

Here are some cartoons about the great, white conservative hope.

Daryl Cagle / msnbc.com (click to view more cartoons by Cagle)
Mike Keefe / Cagle Cartoons (click to view more cartoons by Keefe)
Chris Weyant / The Hill (click to view more cartoons by Weyant)
Taylor Jones / Cagle Cartoons (click to view more cartoons by Jones)
Bill Day / Cagle Cartoons (click to view more cartoons by Day)

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Academy Award Cartoons

It’s that time of year again, where we celebrate the movies and garnish actors and actresses with awards and accolades for keeping us entertained. Personally, I’m protesting the Oscars this year, not because I don’t enjoy movies or the spectacle of a big awards show. I just think the Presidential race has been much more entertaining.

Don’t agree with me? Check out our Academy Awards cartoon collection, and tell me who’s a better actor – George Clooney or Mitt Romney.

Dave Granlund / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view our Academy Awards cartoons)
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Five Frothy Rick Santorum Cartoons

It’s make-or-break time for Rick Santorum (who still can’t escape the infamy of his last name on Google). The culture warrior has risen in popularity among the Republican base by throwing out red meat pertaining to religion, birth control and slamming the president’s value system as a “phony theology.”

Can Santorum not only win the GOP nomination, but somehow unseat President Obama from office? Our cartoonists sure don’t think so. Here are five recent cartoons that sum up their thoughts…

David Fitzsimmons / Arizona Daily Star (click to view more by Fitzsimmons)
John Cole / Scranton Times-Tribune (click to view more cartoons by Cole)
Jeff Parker / Florida Today (click to view more cartoons by Parker)
Adam Zyglis / Buffalo News (click to view more cartoons by Zyglis)
Jimmy Margulies / The Record (click to view more cartoons by Margulies)

Click here to view more Rick Santorum cartoons

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Best Political Cartoons of the Week

Every Friday, we collect the best political cartoons of the week and stuff them into one big, glorious slideshow.

So just relax and catch up on a week’s worth of news with our Best Cartoons of the Week slideshow.

Rick McKee / Augusta Chronicle (click to start slideshow)
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My Recent Campaign Cartoons

So far, this GOP Primary has been terrific for guys like me. All the Republican candidates are fun to draw, and at this point the only thing I’m concerned about is having enough pencils to keep up.

Mitt Romney has suddenly become the right’s whipping boy over “vulture capitalism” and his hesitancy to release his tax returns. Romney claims that Gingrich and others are attacking free enterprise, and Mitt’s proud of what he’s earned despite how much you may envy him. So if he’s so proud, why’s he afraid to let us know all about it?

Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich bashes the media and pretends to be the “family values” candidate despite his marital record and stories about hospital bed divorces…

Remember after Iowa and New Hampshire, when we all though Mitt would walk away with this primary easily? Yeah, not so much…

I guess New Hampshire wasn’t the cruel, bossy dominatrix we all thought she was…

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Five Funny Newt Gingrich Cartoons

This fascinating and fun to draw GOP Primary will continue to Florida, as Newt Gingrich has pulled off the upset and defeated Mitt Romney in the South Carolina Primary.

Newt is nearly a perfect candidate for the nation’s cartoonists. He’s very fun to draw, has enough baggage in his past to fit nearly every visual metaphor, and his harsh rhetoric offers great visuals for cartoonists to take advantage of.

Here are five recent Newt Gingrich cartoons that I thought I’d share. To view all our Newt Gingrich cartoons, click here.

Pat Bagley / Salt Lake Tribune
Rick McKee / Augusta Chronicle
Jimmy Margulies / The Record
Bill Schorr / Cagle Cartoons
Chris Weyant / The Hill
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South Carolina Primary Cartoons

Following last night’s debate, GOP Presidential hopefuls have hit the trail in hopes of securing a win in the South Carolina primary. For Romney, a win would all but secure his nomination, while Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich hope to pull off an upset with the state’s strong conservative voters.

Check out what cartoonists think of the race with our new South Carolina Primary cartoon collection.

Newt Gingrich South Carolina Primary cartoons

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New Hampshire Primary

Daryl Cagle / msnbc.com (click to view New Hampshire Primary cartoons)

Click to view our New Hampshire Primary cartoon collection.

Tomorrow, voters in New Hampshire will go to the polls to decide the winner of their GOP Primary. Most polls point to front-runner Mitt Romney, who barely squeaked our a victory in Iowa, easily winning New Hampshire.

Between Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, cartoonists have been keeping their hands full covering this primary. Check out what they think in our New Hampshire Primary cartoon collection.