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A presidential cartoon
Riding lessons
Jan 28th 2012, 17:25 by The Economist online
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Obama is leading his party/nation incorrectly. Romney is struggling to mount his party, but has the potential to lead it well.
I think this Obama is right. The Demo-donkey needs to turn around and stop trying to engage the riderless elephant.
He tried that in his first two years when the Dems had all three branches. The result was a backlash by the voters.
He never stopped engaging the GOP although I think he is following the Bush playbook more these days and going around the obstructions of appointees. As long as the GOP has no idea who it is or what it wants, has no policies, no plan, it's in the best interest of the country to leave the GOP to have its little civil war with the tea party and Obama ignore it and just lead.
Nice!
really good! sums up perfectly the political life of the US currently!
Agreed. Excellent.
Don't give up the day job...
Where are the honest folks who lived like Churchill, WE WILL FIGHT THEM IN SEA
Accolades to the cartoon. It appears the president is riding on the wrong vehicle to travel in a rightward direction.
Simple, funny and elegantly executed.
Excellent
Nice!
Also checkout www.markfiore.com for for political animated satire, although with a somewhat Democratic bias.
More like this please!
Excellent.