Is Nixon the new model for Obama?

I
always thought that President Obama wanted to model his domestic policy on
Lincoln and his foreign policy on Eisenhower.

But
the news this week of the IRS harrassing
right-wing groups
and the Justice
Department harrassing the Associated Press evokes the Nixon era for me.

On
the other hand, Nixon had better relations with the military (despite
contemplating firing Creighton Abrams in Vietnam).

This
is me really going off the Obama reservation.