I suspect most people -- including many Freepers -- didn't even have Osama bin Laden on their radar screens anymore.
The 2012 election will hinge on the same issue that has always been the one and only issue in any election: the state of the U.S. economy. Inflation and (real) unemployment don't lie. If you don't believe me, just ask Jimmy Carter.
or George Herbert Walker Bush. Plus God only knows what kind of mayhem this killing of Osama will release in the Middle East, Europe and even in the USA...