Will the killing of OBL assure President Obama a second term?

[MoonRiver]

[lpbk2713]

1. If anyone opposes him in the primaries ...

they had better have a pony for everyone. :eyes:

[Rowdyboy]

8. Pony hell, if I'm gonna vote against Obama I want a unicorn....

A pretty purple unicorn....

[ecstatic]

9. That's what happened to Bush I... he was primaried and then attacked

from the right by 3rd party candidate Ross Perot. Prior to that, he had 90% approval.

[BulletproofLandshark]

2. Other

Given the overall weakness of the potential Repug field, I think he would have won even without getting Bin Laden.

[kudzu22]

3. Too far away from election to have an impact /nt

[Motown_Johnny]

4. Nothing in politics is absolute this far out, so I went with Perhaps Yes

[Richard D]

5. I paid $77.00

for a tank of gas yesterday. I can (barely) afford it. A lot of people can't. That will be more important than osama.

[RZM]

6. A small and perhaps temporary bump I think

Maybe I'm wrong, but I just don't see the terrorism issue as important as it once was. It still matters, but I doubt this event will have a lot of long-term repercussions. Pretty soon economic issues will be front and center again and more than anything else, that's what 2012 will be all about.

[thewiseguy]

7. Nobody is going to remember Osama 3 months from now.

It will be the economy that will decide this election.

Heck I do not even think people will remember Osama 4 weeks from now.

[FrenchieCat]

10. It should, but it won't.

Of course if he was an alcoholic, and his wife was driving during a fatal accident,
and he would have allowed the largest terrorist attack on our soil....
then YES, he would be assured re-election.

But this President's skin is the wrong hue.....so NO...nothing assured.

[Paradoxical]

11. It's way too soon to say one way or the other. It's certainly a positive event.

But it doesn't guarantee anything.

[Stevenmarc]

12. The American voter has a gnat-like memory

so they better get Shepard to come up with a dead OBL poster

[Davis_X_Machina]

13. No. Only his declaration that....

...property is theft, Exxon-Mobil and Goldman Sachs have been seized and nationalized, that Elizabeth Warren is the new Secretary of Treasury and "One Nation, Under a Groove" is our new national anthem, can save him.

[DainBramaged]

14. Other

Maru for President

[Aerows]

15. Certainly won't hurt his chances, that's for damn sure

even Republicans that generally have nothing good to say about him (other than the RW punditocracy, which would find something negative to say if he cured cancer and ended world hunger in the same day) have said positive things about Obama. The RW pundits are doing themselves more harm than good by bashing him on this one, because they just look like they have a serious case of sour grapes - I've heard more than one right-winger say that the criticism is beyond petty.

Frankly, I hope they keep it up. Anything that costs Hannity, Limbaugh and their ilk credibility and listeners is a good thing, IMHO.

[fishwax]

16. It will help, especially if there are no major terrorist incidents between now and the election, but

there are no guarantees this far out. It certainly undermines a major GOP issue.

[GSLevel9]

17. can't imagine it having much effect.

18 months is an ETERNITY in politics.

The election will be based on the economy, the economy and the economy. Oh and gas prices, too. If this once great nation is circling the toilet in 18 months Obama will be gone... even if his replacement is a whack-job nut.

[TheKentuckian]

18. Trump was leading the pack. They have Pawlenty, Bachmann, Mittens, and company

and the like to carry the banner.

Re-election is very likely regardless of most events.