Political Cartoon #3

1.  This cartoon was drawn by Milt Priggee.
2.  The key objects in the cartoon are the train, meant to represent Herman Cain and his campaign to be the Republican nominee and the beautifual woman standing in front of the train blocking its path, which is meant to represent the woman with whom Cain was having an affair with.
3.  The cartoonist uses mostly caricature.  He doesn't really ridicule Herman Cain, he just gives the straight facts.  He amplifies the characters to make them dominant features and to exaggerate their meaning.  He doesn't use satire either really.
4.  The cartoon clearly deals with Herman Cain's withdraw from the GOP race for nomination.  He seemed to be on the fast track to success with the Republican party.  They were excited about having him as their choice candidate, and he was ranking number one just a few short months ago.  However over the last few weeks a number of scandals have come out regarding Herman Cain.  He was accused of sexual harassment by several previous co-workers. It seemed as though he could possibly recover from this, until the shocking news emerged that he'd been having an affair for about thirteen years.  He then withdrew from the race, obviously what the cartoon is attempting to portray:  the woman getting in the way of his fast-track campaign.
5.  The cartoon is trying to say that what really threw Herman Cain off-track were the women that came out and complained about Cain, and that his campaign was completely ruined by the scandals that emerged.
6.  The cartoonist's point of view is that Herman Cain had an impressive thing going for him, and that it's a shame that such a small thing (the woman) could have stopped such a powerful force like him, but that it's his own fault that he let his 'friends' stand in the way of his success.