Being cynical for a moment - Obama might have just helped himself win the next election. 
That's the thing twisting my teats at the moment.
At the very least he can expect some recovery in the abysmally low poll/popularity ratings presently of concern to his Administration - that is until the 5 Dollar (+) a gallon gas price becomes more prevalent across the country.
I’m no lover of Obama: It was obvious to me, from the get-go, that he was too slick to have real substance. He has, in my view, been a bad CIC for the United States and has presided over some of the most draconian legislation ever to be introduced there in a bid to (apparently) ‘protect’ its citizenry.
Aside from the opportunistic capital his Administration will try to make from this news, it was by all accounts a well executed operation by US forces and therefore all the teams responsible for it should be congratulated.
I suggested before that, rather than getting stuck into Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Tora Bora region on the border between the two countries were the places to concentrate on as there has been no doubt that certain elements within Pakistan provided real succour for the Al Qaeda movement.