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Five Funny Cartoons About GOP Front-Runners

With all the eyes of the political world fixed on tonight’s GOP debate, here are five funny cartoons summing up the race so far.

With all the eyes of the political world fixed on tonight’s GOP debate, I thought it be fun to check out five funny cartoons summing up the race so far for the Republican front-runners.

This year’s Republican field is filled with some interesting and colorful characters, as Punchline’s Rob Tornoe notes…

Texas Governor Rick Perry comes into tonight’s debate as the GOP front-runner, but as Pat Bagley of the Salt Lake Tribune shows, he might have to tone down his “Texas swagger” if he hopes to win the nomination…

Michele Bachmann’s popularity has waned a bit since winning the Iowa caucus. But her comments about God and Hurricane Irene brought back questions about her intelligence. Luckily, as Bill Day notes, the storm didn’t cause her any permanent damage…

Mitt Romney remains the GOP candidate with the best chance of winning the nomination, although Nate Beeler of the Washington Examiner thinks that comparisons between ObamaCare and RomneyCare are going to continue to give him headaches…

Ron Paul is still hanging around in the polls as well, although as Dave Granlund points out, his super-libertarian views sometimes runt contrary to Republican values…

By Daryl Cagle

Daryl Cagle is the founder and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc. He is one of the most widely published editorial cartoonists and is also the editor of The Cagle Post. For the past 35 years, Daryl has been one of America’s most prolific cartoonists.