The caption on this cartoon states, "A yankee campaigning in the South must remember three things; kiss babies, eat grits, and don't get the two mixed up.  Romney has been doing very poorly in southern states so far in the primary elections.  So far Gingrich has clinched South Carolina and Georgia, while Santorum has snagged, Tennesse and Oklahoma.  Romney has failed, but was able to win Florida which consists of a diverse population.  If Romney wants to seal the nomination and acheive the alottled amount of delegates, 1144 he must come up with a startegy to win those, or else his rivals will stick around too long, causing him some tough challenges up ahead.  This cartoon is obviously of the liberal ideology because it is mocking Romneys performance.  He is struggling to connect with the so called "true conservatives" and the Evangelical Christians.  Democrats want the nominating process ot play out so more negatives about the candidates appears in the media and from their rivals.  The cartoon depicts Romney eating a baby with its foot still hanging out of his mouth.  There is a lady in the back that says, "Well kiss my grits" which is relates to Romneys confusion in his strategy.  The irony is that Romney is seen as an imbicile, not able to connect to Americans.  Romney is probably the most intelligent of the pack, attending Harvard Law School as a part of his education life.  Losing a few states is not a precursor to his idiocy in the South, but just not enough time invested in the South.  His campaign is the most organized and it okay if the race plays out since he has a large lead.

 

     The caption of the cartoon says, "Kiss the Newt and I will turn into a conservative prince."  Newt Gingrich is a frog or kind of lizard sitting on top of a stone, which could be a grave stone.  Gingrich has disappeared from the leading position in National polls after North Carolina in the second primary however he has not had any other success besides his home state Georgia.  There seems to be a little diconnection between Newt and conservative voters.  What really hurt him was his last few performances in the debate.  When he was attacked dramatically by Ron Paul and Santorum, he did not have a comback and support his decisions that he made in the past.  He did not retaliate and acted as if he ignored the insult completely.  Newt had campaigned as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, however it appears that Santorum took his place.  If Gingrich does campaign strongly and takle every state with the same amount of honor and time he will definitely have shot bakc in the race.  The sole problem is that he needs to raise a lot of money which he is lacking from his supporters.  He needs to up his anty and campaign hard to gain more delegates.  The ideology is liberal.  It puts Gingrich in a bad light.  He is a wierd looking creature in this case.  The point of the tomb stone symbolizes that his character has died.  He is no longer a contender unless something miraculous occurs.  In real life he needs a helpful billionare donor, and in the cartoon he needs a kiss even with his atrocious appearance.  Gingrich is between a rock and a hard place and by the time he wiggles out of it Romney will have the nomination, unless Gingrich endorses his fellow competitior Rick Santorum.