As if we thought they weren't? Via Taegan-
President Obama's top advisers are "quietly laying the groundwork for the 2012 reelection campaign," Politico reports, "which is likely to be run out of Chicago and managed by White House deputy chief of staff Jim Messina."
"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... 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."
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