It may have been all fake, and all for the cameras, but I believe he gained a lot politically from his response. He had been reeling from one legislative and foreign policy disaster after another. But he sort of grew his sea legs after the OKC bombing and it rescued his presidency.
One of the things Clinton did was use the bombing as an excuse to (unfairly)attack the right wing. It gained him political points and threw off the right.
Obama's dilemma is that he can't blame it on the right, can't blame it on the military, and won't blame it on Islam.
This guy is truly Nixonian and I expect the difficulties of being president will push him further into a sort of cocoon, where he'll accomplish next to nothing other than enriching himself and enjoying the perks of the office. Meanwhile the country languishes.
Of course he didn’t study Clinton—he thinks he is a master orator!