HENCE THE INITIALS, A.B.O.:

“We Would Be Better Off Had Romney Been President” — Luigi Zingales, Bloomberg News, September 23rd.

“Hillary Clinton would have been a better President. Where’s the outrage about that?” — Ann Althouse, yesterday.

“Plurality of voters believe the country would have been better off if John McCain had beaten Mr. Obama in 2008” — the Daily Caller, July 22nd, 2010.

“Crist 2008: Sarah Palin more qualified to be president than Barack Obama” — the Washington Examiner, August 27, 2012.