Political Cartoon #2:

1. Tom Toles drew this political cartoon for the Washington Post. 
2.  

• An elephant dressed up as Santa Claus: the GOP
• A man sitting on the elephant's lap: Mitt Romney   

     3. Tom Toles satirizes Mitt Romney's flip-flopping and pandering by making him appear childlike (placing him in "Santa's" lap) to show his juvenile voting tactics. His dialogue, "What would YOU like me to ask for?" also satirizes the situation. 

     4. The cartoon deals with the ongoing GOP nomination, in which Romney is falling behind in. It also was drawn when the Union Leader endorsed Newt Gingrich, highlighting his tactics of sucking up to voters and the GOP. 

     5. The cartoon was drawn to criticize Romney's political tactics- that he plays up to voters' desires to gain votes, regardless of whether he agrees with these beliefs or not. 

    6. The cartoonist doesn't seem to be favorable towards Romney (obviously, because he's criticizing him).




http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tom-toles-draws-republicans/2011/10/18/gIQAcv6qxL_gallery.html#photo=2