Obama Already Planning 2012 Campaign – Wants a 2008 Do-Over

I had to laugh when I read this piece at Politico. First, is it any secret that Obama’s in permanent campaign mode?

President Barack Obama’s top advisers are quietly laying the groundwork for the 2012 reelection campaign, which is likely to be run out of Chicago and managed by White House deputy chief of staff Jim Messina, according to Democrats familiar with the discussions.

The planning for now consists entirely of private conversations, with Obama aides at all levels indulging occasionally in closed-door 2012 discussions while focusing ferociously on the midterm elections and health care reform, the Democratic sources said. “The gathering storm is the 2010 elections,” one top official said.

But the sources said Obama has given every sign of planning to run again and wants the next campaign to resemble the highly successful 2008 effort.

Second, how are they going to re-create the 2008 effort when he had no record at the time to speak of? Heh. I’m sure his opponent will have a field day playing clips from the 2008 campaign.

Via memeorandum