Can I get a break here?

Man, I am getting depressed over all the bad news for the President.  His predicament seems to me much like that of a pro football coach whose owner has given him a losing team.  Even though the coach was highly regarded by the fans when he was hired, they are now souring on him because the team keeps losing games.  The coach, who is really top-notch, would clearly win almost all of his games if he just had better players.  But, the fans don’t care about that.  Inevitably, they start calling for his head.  The latest polls regarding the President seem to support the analogy. 

Then, on top of all that I spotted this article from Mother Jones.  It’s worth reading it all, but you should at least scan it to understand what the right is up to on this front.  This threat is all too real, and goes hand-in-hand with the right wing’s blatant attempts to suppress voting by those likely to vote for Democrats, particularly the President. 

I’m hoping the President can right the ship because the thought of a president Rick Perry terrifies me.  It looks like the President will have to wait for the next election to get some better players, but in the meantime he needs to come up with some trick plays.