A Huge Political Victory for Obama

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A Huge Political Victory for Obama
The magnitude of the bump that President Obama will get in the Gallup tracking poll from the killing of Osama bin Laden won't necessarily be predictive of his re-election chances, as Nate Silver notes, but it's still a very big political victory.

Mark Halperin: "A triumph for Obama, it will have an impact in November 2012, regardless of what happens over the next 18 months. It will resonate on the upcoming ten-year anniversary of September 11, and again in September 2012. This is a great day for America, but make no mistake: this is a great day for Obama's re-election effort. Republicans running for president are going to have to face that fact, even as they celebrate this historic occasion with the rest of the country."

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