So where is the big political gain from this? The timing is all wrong to be any real help for reelection. If Obama tries to come across as the bad ass who got Osama, it will backfire. He will get a small benefit from this, as he should, or as any president would. That's it.
Giving Osama a timely Muslim burial, BRILLIANT. Burying the body at sea, SMART. We don't need the body. Photos and tissue samples are totally sufficient. They WILL be released (or leaked).
My thoughts exactly. If this were an October surprise, it may have been useful. This far out from the election with the economy still a mess, Osama being killed is just isn't going to mean anything. Especially when you look at the rest of Obummers record on foreign policy. He lost Egypt to muslim extremists. Libya is not going well, we will probably have troops there soon. Israel looks like it is in trouble. He refused to back the Iranian uprising. Killing OBL will not wash that record.
They belong in the George W. Bush Library.