He is going to fail. It is just a matter of time. Bush acted just like Hoover. Hoover spent more money on public works in 4 years than the government did in the previous twenty and raised all kinds of tariffs (TAXES.) Then comes Roosevelt with the raw deal. Some claim it was WWII that got us out of the great depression. I say it was post WWII that did it. For how many years was the US the only modern country that had manufacturing plants that did not have bomb craters for floors. Hard to use a lathe that is just chunks of melted and twisted steel.
So, Bush tries his stimulus which amounts to more of the same borrow and spend and not cut spending. Along comes the FDR analogy, Obama, with his borrow, tax, spend, borrow some more, spend some more, print a bunch, tax even more, create new taxes (carbon credits), talk down the economy, tax even more, borrow, give it to Hamas, spend some more, and tell every-one how much the US sucks, then promise to bankrupt an industry, and force another the make what no-one wants, then tax some more, force solvent banks to take bailout money, nationalise the rest, spend some more, and take working capital and give it to those who do not work. Yea, I see that working.