The caption in this cartoon is, "ITS MY PARTY AND I'LL CRY IF I WANT TO.", with 4 men with their names on their shirts. These men are "Mitt Romney,Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich" . The caption is coming from a large elephant representing the republican party to describe that all of the men shown in the cartoon are part of the party. The candidates are all fighting eachother representing the close presidential campaigns and the battle for the republican primary. Basically, nobody from the republican party can get along with one another and they are all trying to eliminate one another. The ideological perspective of the artist is unrepresented in the cartoon. Although he may be a liberal because you can say that he is trying to downtalk or critisize the republican party. This cartoon relates to the current republican primary race. We discussed every one of these men and their campaigns in class. The irony in the cartoon is that there is no real leader in the republican party. Nobody in their own party even gets along.

This cartoon illustrates 4 cars driving on a road and all exiting at different signs. The signs read, "left, right, far right, and out of sight right" . The car exiting at the "out of sight right" exit is a Rick Santorum supporting van. This is a play on Rick Santorum's excessive conservative ideology. Its ment to show that Rick Santorum is pretty much as conservative as it gets. I think the artist of theis cartoon is either a liberal or a conservative who is unhappy with Rick Santorum's methods. I beleive the artist may be a liberal because he's trying to show the complete ridiculousness of the conservative party's ideology and that people should'nt vote for people like Rick Santorum. This cartoon relates directley to the current Republican party primary race, as Rick Santorum is on of the candidates. This relates to our class discussion because we have studied the primary race closely and have looked at every candidate and their views. Satire is shown in this cartoon by representing the extreme views of Rick Santorum on the ideology spectrum. With this position Rick Santorum is likely to never become president because he is not balanced enough.

The caption in this cartoon is "A recent poll showed 30% of voters remain undecided, and 90% of voters remain unimpressed." The cartoon shows a news reporter talking about the republican primary race. The news reporter is stating that there is no strong leading republican in the race and that even republicans arent happy about the candidates. This cartoon relates to the current political republican race. There is no clear ideological perspective from the artist in this cartoon. The artist demonstrates an even playing ground. the satire and irony affect the message by stressing that there is no real strong republican candidate and that there is a problem with that. If even republicans don't follow the candidate than how are they ever expected ton win?

"My masterpiece was painted in the obama age, 2008-2012 AD."

There is an elephant artist who represents the republicans. in this cartoon the elephant artist, the republican party, is showing off his painting in an art exhibit which reads "NO" . The message of the cartoon is to show the disagreements between the republicans and Obama and everything he stands for. The ideological perspective of the cartoonist i believe is more to the conservative side. The artist feels as though anything that the democrat party does, the republicans will not approve of it. This cartoon relates to the current presidential race. Obama will again be running for president and republicans will again protest him. Satire is influenced in this cartoon by stating that all republicans disagree with Obama and are snobby.