Disagreements over policy don't strike me as a good reason to blame Obama for uncertainty. The financial crisis and the oil spill would have existed if Obama wasn't president, and the gov't reaction would have been just as controversial. I definitely don't agree with everything Obama has done, but I think it's difficult to lay much of the blame at his feet. If anything, Obama has been more consistent in his approach than the situation demanded.
I tend to agree to some extent; I think there's things that could have been done better, but I can't imagine what realistic event could have occurred in 2008 that would have produced a Federal government that would have produced some sort of sure-footed, firm, correct policy. In fact I would very much argue that the putative sure-ness we experienced in both the 1990s and the middle of the previous decade was always illusory; I tend to agree with the Black Swan theory. (Which is more than just "they exist", but also why they exist and are fundamentally unpredictable.)
Nevertheless, confusion and uncertainty exist, regardless of how "fair" any of it is. The President is always the figurehead of the Federal economy, regardless of his actual powers; that's not new. I've rather often thought actually wanting to be President is indeed the sign of insanity that Douglas Adam's thought it was...
