Maybe, maybe not. The stock market had a very strong start in reaction to the news (especially in the night markets) but closed lower. the same could happen to Hussein. Remember how popular the first George Bush was after the Gulf War. That did not last. Winston Churchill was not reelected after winning WW2. And believe me, Obama is no Churchill. Obama, in spite of himself, is President while Bin Laden is taken out. I think the impact might be less than many of us think.