Robert Gates's memoirs add to the sense that Obama's presidency is unravelling

From the UK Telegraph:

When a man who has worked for every president since Nixon, barring Bill Clinton, says that the White House was by "far the most centralized and controlling" since Kissinger had ruled the roost, it is not a criticism that can be lightly batted away.

Such truth-telling, coming from such a source, at such at time – Mr Gates could have waited at least until after Mr Obama left office - simply deepens the sense of unraveling that is gripping Mr Obama's administration.

From the short extracts so far available, the once ineffably cool-cat president is portrayed as a man who – as he himself said at the very start of his presidency – always believes he is his own best adviser, and who, for all his "take the high road" rhetoric, has a sharp eye for political calculation.

Yep, he's about as calculating of a Pol as there is.