President Obama and his administration have burned through their “bump” over the assassination of Osama bin Laden allowing less enamored analysis of the handling of the event to review what has been done in the days following the attack. Most REAL intelligence people are appalled at the handling of the intel gathered at the bin Laden compound. The Obama Administration claimed to have a treasure trove of information, but that information has been rendered useless by the self-congratulations by Obama in the media. By being so thrilled with himself he was unable to contain information that SHOULD have been played close to the vest.
One of two things happened. Either there was a real gold mine of information there and we missed an opportunity to exploit it because Obama wanted to brag to the world he had killed bin Laden, or there was NOTHING there and Obama has over-reacted and now terrorists know they are safe to continue doing what they were doing with no fear of intervention. Either way, the handling of the event by Obama and his media following the attack has been appalling.
All of the analysis of the information mishandling is far less scathing than is should be of the White House and the people surrounding the Obama Administration. In their attempt to gain glory for themselves they blew the REAL treasure trove of information by running their mouths. The amateurishness of this administration and their heavy-handed political moves indicates they think everyone in the world is an idiot but themselves. They're wrong. Maybe in the world of politics they can see themselves as geniuses because Washington is full of so many morons, but in the world at large they are bumbling, hack politicians.
The "bump" all this lost intelligence got Obama was only 3-6% in the polls and has now evaporated dropping Obama back where he was before the raid and dropping fast. While Obama was busy running around on his "spiking the football" tour, Americans were facing staggering unemployment, generational debt and gas prices that are destroying us. The euphoria we all felt at finally getting bin Laden was lost in the days of reality that followed and will only get worse as the candidates start smelling blood in the water and start their campaigns. In spite of what the media is saying, Obama is imminently defeat-able. And what is more frightening is what Obama is willing to throw under the bus - like this raid and promising new drilling rights that his EPA will never approve - to try to save his own ass. It's sickening to watch.
