Bill Day / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to start our slideshow)

It's been a LONG year for Republican Presidential hopefuls. Iowa may be just days away, but candidates have been jockeying for position for months and spending millions of dollars on the hope they can challenge Obama in 2012. 

Think about all that's happened in 2011 - Tim Pawlenty's debate fizzle, Donald Trump's campaign flirtations, Rick Perry's "oops" moment, Herman Cain's meteoric rise and fall. 

To take a look back though the eyes of our cartoonists, check out our Year in GOP cartoons slideshow.