You missed my point.
When things go bad, it’s the President in power and his party that usually take the big hit. Hoover was in power during the start of the Depression, he and the Republicans got crushed in the ‘32 elections and the Democrats were able to do whatever they pleased (aka The New Deal) starting in 1933.
Who was it (a Dem Senator I think) who said of the legislative juggernaut of FDR’s first hundred days: “We just saluted as the bills flew by” ... ?
Sure, there’s no way that Silent Cal set Hoover up for the fall. But that doesn’t mean that people (like Obama and his team) didn’t learn good lessons in cause, effect and timing from it.
I’m not sure I buy the notion that Obama believes his policies will cause some sort of collapse. I think he’s a true believer who is convinced his policies are good for the country. He wants a progressive in the White House when he leaves to continue forward with the policies he believes are good. That would explain why he wants Clinton, whom he hates, out of the way. He views Hillary as a left of center pragmatist who will cave to Republicans like Obama believes Bill did. Obama wants his policies extended, not watered down. Beyond that if Obama really thought his policies were going to be a disaster for the next President he wouldn’t protect Hillary by getting her out of the way.