To me the reference wouldn't have same implications if they had used Rove or Deaver or whoever you suggest would be more realistic for a young person to reference. Using Goebbels is more insulting to Dan,but I'm only a silly 18 year-old. What do I know?

Yeah, in the attempt to make him The Perfect Boyfriend/Husband®, they just ignored the parts (no pun intended) of his character that made him interesting. He's so boring and he doesn't bring anything exciting to the story anymore. They fired him for screwing up the case but there was no follow-up, no addressing of all…

oh please! An attention to detail isn't really a flaw. Being more suited for a certain kind of work isn't a character flaw. His personality is still squeaky clean, or at least that's how they're portraying him this season. It's excessively boring.