Catastrophe! (and crispy treats)

I just read an article about how this huge oil spill thing has completely hijacked President Obama's agenda, and now he's really going to struggle to get things done he wants to get done, and how this might end up defining his presidency and all that kind of stuff.

I wonder when along the way everyone started believing that a given president's 4- or 8-years in office were going to be hassle-free. People act all surprised and disappointed when difficult things come along. "Man, it's too bad this oil spill happened. Now President Obama can't fulfill all of his other goals." "Gee whiz, that hurricane Katrina really sucks. Now President Bush has been knocked completely off his game plan."

Of course, similar problems/disasters/disruptions have happened during just about every U.S. president's tenure. We act like it's some big shocker that bad things happen and presidents have to deal with them, but shouldn't that be one of the more important factors we weigh when deciding for whom we are going to vote? It just seems silly to me that so many otherwise intelligent people seem completely blindsided when something doesn't go as perfectly as their original plan intended.

In other news, guess who just made rice krispies treats...