Richard Reeves: "I have talked with three significant historians in the past few months who would not say it in public, but who are saying privately that Bush will be remembered as the worst of the presidents."
Earlier: An informal, unscientific survey of 415 historians conducted by the History News Network found that 338 rate the Bush presidency "an overall failure." Meanwhile, 12% of historians who responded "rate the current presidency the worst in all of American history."