Obama's Ratings at Two Year High

President Barack Obama's approval rating is at 60 percent, the highest it’s been in two years, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll taken after Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces.

As reported on the Huffington Post, unaffiliated voters led the uptick in the president’s approval ratings. Support for Obama from this key voting bloc has diminished over the past two years. Independent voters are expected to play a critical role in the 2012 presidential election.

According to the poll, 69 percent of respondents say Obama will keep America safe, up from 61 percent in March.

Ron Rosenfeld, who owns , isn't so sure. 

“If anything, I felt like he was grandstanding. I feel like our national security is much more important than waving a flag and saying, ‘Look what I did,’” Rosenfeld told Patch. “I like him as a president, but he’s using this as a political stance. This is like throwing gas on the fire.

The poll was conducted May 5-9 by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications. It involved landline and cellphone interviews with 1,001 adults nationwide. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.