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Why, exactly, would he be the next "Herbert Hoover?" Herbert Hoover has become what he has become primarily because he believed in a number of principles and economic theories that you actually seem to agree with. He was a firm believer in "Ricardian equivalence," or the notion that any fiscal stimulus now will simply become tax hikes in the future, and so a balanced budget was the sound strategy to fight a recession. It is hard to have one's cake and eat it too: one can't simultaneously complain about the size of the stimulus package and then compare Obama to the guy who has become what he has become because he didn't believe in stimulus spending.
Sure, to a degree I actually agree with the comparison, but that is mostly because I believe that Obama's stimulus spending should have been more significant, and that his regulations don't go far enough. But I'd be surprised if you thought the same.
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