Obama's Foreign Policy Successes

Unlike democrats in recent decades, Obama will most likely not be accused of being "soft and inexperienced on military and foreign policy issues". In 2008 Obama was no different from the democrats before him. Now, on the other hand, he has been made "seemingly invulnerable to the quadrennial Republican attack line". Ever since the Vietnam war democrats have been affixed with an anti-war reputation. During Obama's three years he has been able to shed this reputation. Through the killings of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki, and the topping of the Gadhafi regime Obama has been able to achieve foreign policy success. However, if the bin Laden mission had failed Obama would be in the same position as the democrats before him and would be labeled as weak and ineffective.Will his successes matter during election time next year? Or will the dissatisfaction with unemployment and slow economic recovery outweigh any benefits for him? Besides being insulated from the charge of being "soft on defense" what other benefits are there for Obama's foreign policy successes? Overall, I believe Obama's foreign policy approach will bolster him in the election next year.