Watergate was a creature of a media that hated Nixon and wanted to oust him. The media are in full protection mode for Obama - as they were for Clinton, a person who was disbarred because of his perjury. The media will not permit this to turn into another Watergate. That’s not cynicism. That’s reality.
The media hated Nixon. Yes, they did. However, he had achieved a landslide victory, which only doubled the hatred. But, he and his lieutenants let paranoia consume them and crossed the line into criminality.
He overplayed his hand. History is repeating.