Meh, I was against Andresen before it was cool. Actually, I started many years ago and it was met by a lynch mob of Gavin homosexual fanboys. I still have the rope burns on my neck. You may as well leave Napoleon Bitaparte alone now. He's outed himself time and time again. I don't think anyone is missing who he really is at this point.
There was a time where I used to "trust" (might not be the right word) his opinions. Even back when he suggested 20 MB blocks; this was probably because I misunderstood everything related to the block size debate just as many do today. Over time one could easily see that he can't be trusted as he used to. 20 MB would have definitely harmed the system that we are using right now.
I've only been following bitcoin for the last 6 months. I am guessing that Satoshi is shaking his head in disbelief when observing what Gavin is trying to do to Bitcoin.
Most likely. He left the project to the wrong person; luckily he's not in charge of the Core project anymore.
Beside that I never would run a client anymore where Gavin is head of, crooks like Marshall Long make me even more stay away from it.
And yes like someone else has already posted it seems to be the typical strategy of divide and conquer. Now where XT has failed this is attempt number two.
You probably forgot about Bitcoin Unlimited. This is attempt number three.