How long before the knives come out for Clegg?

Nick Clegg can count himself lucky that there’s so much leadership speculation whirling around Gordon Brown – it’s probably deflected attention from his own less-than-stellar performance as Lib Dem leader.  How disappointing has it been?  Conservative Home’s Poll of Polls has the Lib Dems on 16.6 percent, meaning that, in their words:

“Mr Clegg has added just 0.4% to the LibDem rating since Ming was ousted.  Approximately 90% of the drop in Labour support has gone to the Conservatives.” 

And today there’s another poll which will dismay Team Clegg.  Lib Dem Voice asked party members to rate the performances of the Lib Dem front-bench team during August.  Clegg came out a disappointing fourth; behind Vince Cable, Norman Baker, and – perhaps most significantly – his former rival for the party leadership, Chris Huhne.  But we haven’t yet heard of any movements against Clegg from within the Lib Dem ranks.  I wonder whether that will change soon.  What do CoffeeHousers think? 

Hat-tip: Iain