Hello? This is your worst nightmare calling ...

Ring-Ring. Ring-Ring. "Um, yeah ... hello?" the groggy liberal Democrat says, emerging from a deep political coma. "This is your wake-up call, sir. Texan Rick Perry could conceivably become the 45th president of the United States. Have a nice day. G'bye." Now fully awake, said Democrat is now suffering heart palpitations. A blood-curdling scream is imminent. According to POLITICO, Dems are having a Perry panic attack. "His entry in the race is a signal and a wake-up call,” the Rev. Al Sharpton told POLITICO's Ben Smith. "[He's] looking to go to the O.K. Corral and start shooting. … Rather than the left get caught sleeping, we better load up, because he is bringing it.” I daresay this is a tad overblown. But it's not a bad thing. The nightmarish idea of another Republican in the Oval Office ― especially a swaggering, uber conservative Texican who's light on brainpower ― will focus disparate liberal minds like nothing else. Despite all their angst and playground squabbling, they'll run home to Daddy Obama lickety-split. And that's good for the president and America.