Pulitzers announced today at 3 (EST) – details here

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1. Mike Lester

   Why wait? Here’s the E&P story:

   CARTOONISTS
   — The editorial cartoonists category has a history of citing the same pool of candidates as either finalists or winners in recent years. The last three winners, Michael Ramirez, Mike Luckovich and Walt Handelsman, had each won previously. Other regular finalists or winners to look for are Clay Bennett, David Horsey, Mike Thompson and Nick Anderson. Of course, with at least 14 daily newspapers dropping their editorial cartoonists in the past year, the pool grows ever smaller.

   I’ll take Horsey (no race track pun intended) Talented guy who can draw. Liberal. Got the sympathy factor working for him down the stretch. Unfortunately, that of means an employed cartoonist will lose to one who is under or unemployed -which would be in line w/ the current attitudes in America.

2. Stacy Curtis

   These are my picks, in no particular order:

   Etta Hulme
   Ann Telnaes
   Jeff Stahler
   Steve Sack
   Clay Bennett

   Quite honestly, anyone who has kept their staff editorial cartoonist job this far, deserves a Pulitzer Prize.

3. Jeff Parker

   I hope the winner is someone who got laid off recently, like Brian Duffy, Bill Day, Bob Ariail or Gary Brookins. It would so shine the spotlight on the idiots in charge of counting beans at their former papers.

4. Joe Rank

   Here’s my random list of those deserving and overlooked:

   Etta Hulme
   Steve Sack
   Steve Kelly
   Jack Ohman
   Rob Rogers
   Robert Ariail
   Mike Keefe
   John Sherffius
   R.J.Matson
   Mike Thompson
   John Cole
   Jeff Danziger
   Jeff Stahler
   John Trever

   That’s just off the top of my head.

5. Stacy Curtis

   If you still have your staff editorial cartoonist job, you deserve a Pulitzer Prize.

6. Charles Brubaker

   I’d like to see one of these guys win:

   Tom Tomorrow
   Matt Bors
   Scott Stantis
   Mike Lester
   Jeff Danziger
   Henry Payne

7. Milt Priggee

   Horsey has a LOT more than the sympathy factor. In fact he has the inside track to win his third Pulitzer. Especially since he was one of the judges….. 🙂

8. JP Trostle

   And the Pulitzer Prize goes to:

   Steve Breen of The San Diego Union-Tribune!

   http://www.pulitzer.org/node/7887

9. Clay Jones

   Congratulations Steve Breen.