I'm interested to know more about Gate's view of the Obama administration. I'm not surprised to learn that there are many similarities and parallels to the Bush administration in regards to war. I'm guessing that it's not just war where these similarities exist. Calling it the most centralized government since Nixon is also something I'm not surprised by. Furthermore, I'm not surprised that Obama was concerned with reelection from day one. My guess is that all presidents are concerned with reelection from day one, some more than others though. What I'm most frustrated by is that after obtaining a second term, it doesn't seem that Pres. Obama is terribly interested in doing anything courageous or anything that falls outside of the normalized script. Truly disappointing.