This cartoon was drawn by Mike Luckovich, a well known political cartoonist. The focus of this cartoon is the large field of GOP candidates who are running in the 2012 presidential nomination. The long-lasting and current field leader is Mitt Romney. Dispite this, Romney is often considered dull and boring, which is why we have seen several "flavors of the month" rise in the polls but then fall back down again. One reason Romney has not seperated himself from the group and taken off is his often inconsistant support or opposition of various issues. His "flip-flopping" is often the subject of much critisism, as in this cartoon.
The artist satirizes here using fish to represent a group of people, one of which is flopping around on the table, acting as Mitt Romney. The fact that the fish are sitting on a table waiting to be filleted brings up a sense of forshadowing of bad things to come, perhaps due to Romney's inconsistancy. The cartoon is addressing the fact that many people still support Romney dispite this flip-flopping because of a lack of any better choices. The cartoonist does not show any strong bias, or evidence of point-of-view. However, the artist is taking the stance that because Romney seemingly can't make up his mind on many important things, he should not be the Republican nominee (or maybe he wants Romney to become the nominee, confident that Obama can defeat him).
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