Sad thing is we can banter this back and forth and unless we can get into an alternate universe where maybe Romney had become President or perhaps Congress had been willing to make some compromises, we can never truly know.
As far as I am concerned he did the best he could with the shit hand he was dealt; TARP began under the watch of the previous administration; Bank Bailouts (well, TARP by a different name so, same), Auto Bailouts – again, inherited from the prior admin; ACA – actually his baby but put forth in a compromised form to try to placate the Republicans (We wanted a single payer with no insurance companies as middle men) but even this was not good enough for them and they hindered and obstructed it at every turn by the other party (how many votes were cast to eliminate it? Forty? Fifty? Sixty? Perhaps if instead of throwing the baby out with the bath water the Party of No had tried to work with the Dems to come up with something instead of just pitchin’ a bitch; Mid East wars – Really? You are gonna try to saddle him with this, again inherited from Republicans; the ongoing recession – need I say it, brought on by failed Republican policies of the prior administration; welfare – been with us since, what, the 1930’s and there are ongoing problems with this that need to be addressed but again, let us obstruct, not construct or repair; lost jobs, jobs going overseas – sure, let us blame the American Worker for not working for shitlittle; what is needed is stronger unions and Americans who say “sure, take your business overseas, see if we buy from you again”; companies moving overseas – what, not enough corporate welfare? why don’t we just quit giving it to those left unemployed so the top 1% can scrape even more into their banks; skyrocketing heathcare? Maybe if we quit letting the insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and Healthcare facilities dictate their own terms after allowing them to purchase their own Senator/Congressman or two they would be much lower but sure, try to implement price controls like are successfully utilized in Europe and listen to the Republicans scream; 19 trillion dollar debt – a result of all the tax breaks that have been given and continue to be given to the upper eschelon and the companies they own ever since the Reagan Administration.