The Right is simply trying to diminish President Obama's political gain from this achievement. Unfortunately that is not likely to succeed to any extent; barring any unforeseen catastrophe, President Obama's foreign policy credentials - with mainstream America -
are now all but unassailable. That leaves the GOP politically with nothing but the economy to work with.
The Left is simply trying to inflate President Hussein's political gain from this achievement. Fortunately that is not likely to succeed to any extent; barring any miraculous recovery, the Hussein's disasterous foreign policy credentials are now totally assailable.
That leaves the GOP polically with everything especially the economy to work with.
I don't think it's possible to inflate the accomplishment of killing the most hated man in America since Adolf Hitler.
I don't think it's possible to deflate that accomplishment, either.
However...this 'wave' that he rides will be short-lived as people get off the high...and start looking for JOBS again...