By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist

It's too late for the petulant Dick Cheney to earn any credibility with most Americans.

Not only do many Americans think he's the worst vice president in U.S. history. Now Cheney is taking pot shots at the person -- Joe Biden -- whom voters elected as his successor.

Cheney's most churlish comments have been directed at Biden, who back in October said that Cheney "has been the most dangerous vice president we have had probably in American history."

Over the weekend, Cheney said he thought President-elect Barack Obama "does not expect (Biden) to have as consequential a role as I have had during my time."

Biden responded by saying he made Obama promise that the vice president would be involved in every major decision the president makes in the upcoming four years.

Cheney got more bad news Monday.

A new CNN-Opinion Research Corp. survey said 23 percent of Americans think he is the worst vice president in history.

An additional 41 percent rated Cheney as a poor vice president.

Another fun fact: Only 1 percent said he's the best vice president in U.S. history.

While the poll did break down mostly along party lines -- with 80 percent of Democrats calling Cheney the worst vp ever -- a healthy 60 percent of independents agreed.

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