The questions are:
Did he need to? What would have happened if he didn't? Would things be worse? What if this all put things back on course?
It's really too early to tell yet.
Serious, with all the new taxes, mandates, and all of the bubbles having been burst, where is there any growth going to come from?
There wont be a recovery. There will be a bottoming out at some point, followed by a sustained recession at much lower levels than most people were used to.