#rsrh Inadvertent cartoon truth?

Most of the Republican-themed political cartoons in this slideshow were wishful thinking, fairly naked agitprop, pretty dang stupid, or a combination of all three – but I look at this one and ask myself, Did the cartoonist really mean to pay us this compliment? Because it’s true: the Republican party did make a wide turn to the Right in the last election, and we did knock the Democratic party off of a cliff in response.  I understand that Democrats would rather think about three Senate retentions than about the fact that, say, they effectively lost control of most of the Midwest/Appalachia, but at some point they’re going to have to confront their problems…