"the student was the man working the levers." - right.  There will be levers he will never see, let alone touch.

He will eventually be just like Obama, who was already house broken when he started. Do as you are told and read the approved script from the teleprompter and we will let you take credit for the fake killing of Bin Laden on your watch. But close Gitmo or prosecute blatant banking fraud, not a chance.