Historian Ranks Obama Legacy With Jimmy Carter’s

Edward Klein, author of a blockbuster new exposé about President Obama, offers a behind-the-scenes look at a White House dinner when Obama hosted nine presidential historians — and offered a “sneak preview” of his failed presidency.

Klein’s explosive book “The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House” skyrocketed to the No. 1 spot on The New York Times list of hardcover nonfiction works in its first week in publication, and has remained there for four weeks in a row.

“There’s no doubt that Obama has turned out to be a major enigma and disappointment,” Klein quotes a historian as saying.

 
“People don’t feel that he’s on their side. Obama doesn’t connect. He doesn’t have the answers. He’s turned out to be a failure as a communicator . . .

“I wouldn’t bet the ranch on his getting re-elected.”

Klein concludes: “Obama might not have the place in history he so eagerly covets. Instead of ranking with FDR and Reagan and other giants, it seems more likely that he will be a case study in presidential failure like Jimmy Carter.”