What were Andrew Jackson's strengths and weaknesses as president?

I would argue that Jackson's greatest strength was his
passion for defending the "common man."  His greatest weakness was that he was too
passionate and too prone to thinking that he was being
attacked.

Jackson's strengths and weaknesses can be seen
together in the "war" over the Bank of the United States.  Because Jackson believed that
the Bank was a means for the elites to control the common people, he fought passionately
against it.  However, because he was so passionate about it, he (you could argue) went
too far.  He did things like taking federal money out of the Bank and putting it into
his "pet banks."  He also took steps that (you could argue) led to an economic panic. 
All of this happened because he was not inclined to compromise or to go
slowly.

So I would argue that Jackson's greatness and his
weakness both stemmed from his passionate devotion to the idea of protecting the common
people.