thing i didn't lose sleep over was the possibility of taking bin laden out. justice was done. and i think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on american soil didn't deserve what he got needs to have their head examined. joining me now is eugene robinson a brighter for "the washington post" and an msnbc political analyst. >> great to be here, lawrence. >> gene, is it your sense that this is a minor polling bump for the president or has something fundamentally changed in the political landscape? >> i go with option b. i think this is a fundamental change. the numbers will go up. they'll go down. but i think there has been a fundamental change in the way a lot of people see president obama. you saw that kind of steeliness. there's a little bit of clint