The Obama of history foretold?

It turns out that President Obama has thrice met with noted presidential historians to glean from them hints on succeeding in office.  An admirable goal, no doubt, but the interesting part happens when the historians glean things about the president.

Edward Klein/Fox News:

On the evening of Tuesday, June 30, 2009—just five months into his administration—Barack Obama invited a small group of presidential historians to dine with him in the Family Quarters of the White House. His chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, personally delivered the invitations with a word of caution: the meeting was to remain private and off the record. As a result, the media missed the chance to report on an important event, for the evening with the historians provided a remarkable sneak preview of why the Obama presidency would shortly go off the rails.

It's good reading, so get to it.