This President is much cooler than Obama -- he sports a goatee. The only criticism I have of the new season is the new President Palmer. He is totally not convincing as President. And how did the President's brother become President after he was killed? Why didn't the Vice President take over? I find this part of the story line very confusing.
The first president Palmer was three presidents ago, at least.
Apparently Wayne Palmer won the last election.
When David Palmer was assasinated, he was already an ex-President. President Logan was deposed and the VP took over and then there was an election. Palmer's younger brother ran and won on the sympathy vote (a parallel to Jack and Bobby Kennedy?).
His brother was not Prez when he was killed last season. Logan was President. Wayne was elected according to the script 3mos ago.
President Palmer was not killed while in office. Logan was President when Palmer was assassinated.
There was President Logan in between. And when Logan went down presumably the VP went in like Ford, and Palmer won the next election. That's my take.
This new season takes place two years after the last season ends. In the last season, President Palmer was a FORMER President who was killed. The President at that time was Logan, a weasel, who looked for all the world like Richard Nixon. He betrayed the country, and was found out, so in the following election, a year or two later, I guess Wayne Palmer ran and got the sympathy vote because of his brother, who apparently had been a popular President.