Nice pictures, Wall Street Journal

I've always enjoyed the Wall Street Journal's line drawings of newsmakers. There's something nicely old fashioned about it. But I've noticed recently that when they draw someone with whom I'm familiar, it doesn't really look like them.

Take this example, of the two leading candidates in the Massachusetts governor's race -- Republican Kerry Healey on the left and Democrat Deval Patrick on the right.

Can't you just imagine the conversation in the Journal's right wing art department?

"Yeah, so we need a drawing of Kerry Healey. She's Republican, so take a couple years off her face, get rid of those bangs, and don't make her nose look so much like a hook."

"And Patrick?"

"What's he leading by? Twenty-five points? Make him fat."