the worst president since the Second World War!

I'm not accustomed to being in the mainstream. Indeed, it makes me nervous! So imagine my astonishment when a Quinnipiac poll shows that Americans regard Barack Obama as our worst president since the Second World War.

The worst in seventy years --  the worst in two generations!

Worse than Jimmy Carter!

Worse than Richard Nixon!

To be sure, most Americans don't actually remember Messrs Carter and Nixon, and most of those who have an image of Mr. Carter are actually thinking of the amiable dunce who swung a hammer for Habitat for Humanity and who went off to endorse elections for Latin American dictators.

But still ... worse than George Dubya! And we still have nearly three years to run.