Drawn to Obama?

Have cartoonists been kinder and gentler to Barack Obama than to Hillary Rodham Clinton? My manic Web surfing says yes. Consider these heavy-hitters: Tom Toles depicts Clinton sniping at her opponent by throwing garbage at him. Mike Peters evokes images of a rabbit-boiling Hollywood obsessive (OK, that’s “wabbit” in toonland), and Pat Oliphant goes a step further with his decapitation caption. Now look closely at all the caricatures out there. Nowhere have I found an Obama cartoon showing him scowling, scheming or scurrilous. It’s not fair, but hey, we get paid to be scurrilous.

-- Joel Pett