2008 RNC Convention

Editorial cartoonists weigh in on the GOP's love affair with Sarah Palin: (From left to right, art by J.D. Crowe, Michael Ramirez, and Walt Handelsman)After Republican Presidential candidate John McCain ended his acceptance speech, C-SPAN was on the floor of the Xcel Center asking convention-goers what they thought of the Arizona senator's speech. Most responded that it was good, but that Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin knocked it out of the park, making claims that she may be the party's next Ronald Reagan.

And from the point-of-view of editorial cartoonists, the love-fest didn't go unnoticed.

Rob Rogers, the editorial cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, was forced to leave Minnesota today before the end of the Republican National Convention to spend time with his hospitalized father, who died at 1 a.m. this morning after battling cancer.

Our prayers go out to Rob and his family.

Click on the image to view sketch galleries from the Republican National Convention by Steve Bell, a cartoonist for The Guardian in England.

Click on the image to view New Yorker illustrator Steve Brodner's thoughts on Peggy Noonan's unfortunate gaffe today on MSNBC.

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A convention cartoon by Jimmy Margulies, editorial cartoonist for The Record.: (www.northjersey.com)Several cartoonists from throughout the country converged upon the Democratic National Convention last week in Denver, and many more will attend this week's Republican National Convention in Minneapolis.

But their New Jersey comrades won't be joining them.

Click on the image to view that and more from editorial cartoonist Walt Handelsman, who's covering the Republican National Convention for Newsday.

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To view more cartoons by Politicker.com editorial cartoonist Rob Tornoe, click here.

So, the Club For Growth is peeved that "the party's most steadfast elected economic conservatives" will not have prominent speaking roles at the Republican National Committee Convention in two weeks. No surprise there -- the Club is always goading their party in one way or the other.

"With the Republican Party’s brand in shambles, it is important for the Party to showcase those leaders who are currently in office fighting to preserve the limited-government, free-market principles the GOP used to stand for," the release said.

But they probably should have stopped themselves there.