Political Cartoon #5

This cartoon is basically saying that President Bush did a bad job while in office. He destroyed or "burned" many of the institutions of the United States Government and is leaving Obama to clean it up. I find it especially ironic that the environment is a burned tree. The cartoon also shows how much re-building Obama will have to do while in office. The speech bubble, "I'll pass the torch in juuust a minute...," serves to show that Bush is still doing damage in the last month of his last term. What he is burning is important because it is "Business Regulation" which represents a lot of the current problems with the economy. The torch, and the passing of it, represent the presidency, and it implies that the country will be safer if the flames are in the hands of President-elect Barack Obama.