Larry Roibal

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

The 2008 Democratic National Convention starts today. Obama has already proven that he and his campaign have great stage craft and there should be a big bounce from the four day show…. but then again, this is the democratic party… factor in the protesters, demonstrators and team Clinton, and all bets are off.

Piggybacking off of Stephen Gardner’s Sketch of the Day postings of multiple versions of the same drawing I’m posting these doodles this morning. These are done very quickly (about a minute or two) so I … Continue Reading

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

The simplest solution is the best.

Sometimes I callenge myself to draw a likeness with the the greatest economy of strokes. If the strokes are in the right place, nothing more is needed.

In politics, nothing ever seems as simple as, we need oil, we have oil within our borders, lets get the oil.

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Yesterday the two major candidates gave speeches on the war. Obama wants to move the emphasis back to Afghanistan. McCain thinks we $hould do both.

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Senator Obama might decide to sure up the mid-west, the moderates, the women and those inclined to vote for someone with gray hair by picking Kathleen Sebelius as a running mate. A two term Governor of Kansas, she also brings executive experience.

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Speeking before the Isreali Parliment on the 60th anniversary of Isreal, President Bush takes the opportunity to swipe Obama.

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Edwards backs Obama.

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Sport has often been used as a metaphor to describe battlefields, strategy and competition. It was in this light that the Clinton campaign first started to draw the parallels between the horse, Eight Belles and Senator Clinton. Leading up to the race the campaign started to talk about the only woman in the race, an underdog, a tough filly that had the stamina to go the distance. The story line was almost too perfect to ignore. If Eight Belles had won, it would have been the campaign’s battle cry going into … Continue Reading