In Watergate, it was Nixon’s actions AFTER the Burglary was exposed that led him to Resign.
At least there was no proof of his involvement beforehand, but opinions are varied.
They will never find a direct link to Obama, but his Minions were well aware of their Mission, from the IRS Louis Lerner Scandal all the way to this.
Yes and no. There’s no way Haldeman’s White House would have exposed Nixon to such foreknowledge. And Mitchell, though technically unaware of the burglary before the fact, kept even Haldeman in the dark until after the arrest.
But, more importantly, CRe-eP operatives had been fighting democrat treachery for at least three years when they succumbed to the ill-fated wiretap scheme: The Pentagon Papers had been published in violation of the Official Secrets Act (among others) by the NYT; John Kerry with help from Sen. Fulbright, had lied to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about American atrocities in Vietnam, Ted Kennedy (as well as Ramsay Clark) had met privately with the North Vietnamese purportedly to elicit lists of live POWs, Jane Fonda et al were advocating the fragging of officers, Olaf Palme was bundling European money for McGovern, and the list could go on. Not to mention the media’s continued ineffable disdain for Nixon and their resultant campaign for his ruin.
Obama not only suffered no such treachery; he and his party continued to commit all the old leftist sabotages (all graver than the proposed installation of a wiretap) and, with the media’s help, buried them.
Apples to apples? No—maybe apples to A-bombs.