The cartoon reminds me of an AP photo that lead to the ouster of Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp.
The AP photo showed a road that had been freshly painted with a line down the middle. The snow that cover about 90% of the road pointed out the ultimate stupidity of Shapp’s department of transportation which was overrun with cronyism and nepotism.

That cartoon is just another way of saying this:

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/213770.php

Another excellent cartoon from a cartoonist who is just starting to get the recognition he deserves.

Solyndra, you … you didn’t build those junky, uncompetitive solar panels on your own … you … you used roads like this one … that other people voted for.

Yee-ouch! Good one, Branco.

Horrible as it is to believe, that cartoon is an understatement.

For a more accurate depiction:

http://thefinereport.com/2012/10/want-to-see-what-obamas-real-legacy-will-amount-to/

Amazing how “Bump in Road” and “Dip in Road” can have similar consequences…