Gavin should be the leader. After all Satoshi named him, so what's the issue here?
If he doesn't want to be the leader, I can be the leader.
I'm the creator of those videos, so you can take me as the Hitler character

The problem with Gavin is some people thinks he is on government/CIA payroll. Also he is part of scandalous Bitcoin Foundation which discredited itself many times in the past.
Haern is partially right that this is problem with the community and it will be hard to achieve good consensus. I am afraid that lack of understanding will be the end of bitcoin, not government or regulations.