The wheels seem to be coming off this president’s administration. That is not always a good thing.

His budget guy has quit. His Afghan general belittled him and was booted. Word on the street is that Rahm may quit after November. Congress doesn’t dare pass a budget for next year.

Democrats are backing away from the President. If he wants their support on something he has to threaten them. He says he will campaign for them in the next election. “My God, the President wants to come to some of my rallies.  I’m sunk!”

Meanwhile, the Blago trial spews sludge that is the lifeblood of the Illinois political machine. The machine that gave birth to this president.

Rumors fly that the family dog ate his loafers. And that his girls stick Rodney Dangerfield signs on his jacket. And that George Bush put them up to it.

Some of this stew he has cooked up himself. Pollsters tell us virtually every program he pursues is unpopular. Majorities don’t like his healthcare package. They don’t like his expansion of government. Or his latest Supreme Court choice. Or his attacks on one industry after another.

They don’t like his snoozing on the border issue. They don’t like him suing Arizona for passing a law that mirrors the federal law on illegal immigrants. They figure his strategy in Afghanistan will flop. They don’t like how he hugs a thug like Chavez, but slaps Israel in the face.