my first reaction, and this is just my personal take is that they underlying message is that the cartoonists is implying that the rescue plan could have been drawn up by a chimp, as in deriding the plan rather than attacking via the use of visual stimulus barack obama in a racial way per se,

poor taste and not too well thought out, but that is how i took the cartoon anyway.

I agree with den, shows an incredible lack of sensitivity and awareness, which is all too common in todays media