Rick Perry for the Repulican Nomination

While Perry's missteps in the recent debates have led to a more serious downturn of supporters in polls and funding of his campaign,  for much of September Perry was one of the leading candidates in polls and had raised over $17 million for his campaign by October. While the chances that he would again take the lead in the GOP nomination race are slim to none, Perry's campaign did have a few effective ideas/strategies for his campaign. Perry's ability to raise money and the idea of pitting "Romney vs. Romney" were two things that made him a serious potential candidate. Money is an important part of modern campaigning, and the reliance on the fact that despite everything, Republicans still do not support Mitt Romney as the acceptable candidate is a smart way to place doubt on his competitors. 
However, Perry's performances in the latest GOP debates have had a serious impact on these two strategies, especially campaign funding. A further reason that it would be difficult for Perry to win the debate as well is his more radical economic views, reportedly wanting to eliminate the IRS and cut off funding to the UN in some accounts - ideas which are very polarizing and would ultimately turn away most of the moderate conservatives of the Republican party.

"Woe, is the 1 percent"

Drawn by Gary Markstein, this cartoon depicts the Occupy Wall Street movement (the police apparently beating them back) on one side and the "1 percent" big businessmen through the glass of their office on the other side. Visually, the cartoon is clearly divided with a straight line down the middle, and the businessmen are shown higher up than the protesters, representing the idea of the cartoon that the businessmen have remained untouchable even in light of the protesting. The cartoon mainly uses irony to depict the idea that while the protesters are attempting to have a serious impact on Wall Street, the businessmen have simply been able to sit, watch, and ask for more money. It diminishes the message of the Wall Street protesters by implying that the movement will never have any true impact because of the power of Wall Street, and also illustrates the idea that the protesting has failed to accomplish anything so far besides trashing Central Park (especially in light of their recent eviction from remaining there overnight). The cartoonists' point of view is like that of any bystander, seeing the futility of the Occupy movement at this point and, essentially, ridiculing the fact that they continue to protest.

cartoon found at: http://theweek.com/section/cartoon/0/221645/all-cartoons