Obama supporters using racism as an excuse for their man's shrinking popularity

Just as the assault and attempted murder of George Zimmerman by Trayvon Martin resulted in accusations that Zimmerman himself was a murderer because he defended himself, so have the occasionally waning political fortunes of President Obama given rise to the use of racism as a cop out by his supporters.

Michael Baron comments here on the use of race by Obama supporters as an explanation for his decreasing popularity. I think he's pretty much on the mark.

As the campaign progresses, look for white racism to be increasingly used as an excuse should Mr. Obama's numbers in the polls continue to tumble. And if Gov. Romney wins this November, look for it to become the standard explanation on the Left.

Barone is right: if anything, reluctance in principle on the part white voters to vote the first black president in history out of office is, if anything, probably going to make this the first national election in history in which being an African-American is actually an advantage.