The Obama Administration is Gearing Up For 2012 Presidential Campaign

According to a Politico report, the Obama administration is setting the stage for his 2012 reelection campaign.  Apparently Obama has expressed the desire to run for reelection (big shocker there), but the theme of the campaign has not yet been decided.  The article in Politico states that Obama wants this campaign to run just like his 2008 presidential campaign.  Which, in my opinion, would be impossible given that many people that voted for Obama as a center-left candidate now realize that from where Obama stands so far to the left that he can’t even see the center. Planning for the Obama reelection campaign is still in a very early stage, but the campaign is expected to launch next year.

I’m sure that this announcement is no huge surprise to anyone.  Of course a man as arrogant and egotistical as Barack Obama is going to try to keep his position as the most powerful man in the world.  I am sure that in his mind he should be appointed as the permanent King of the United States (maybe even the world).

The big question that came to my mind when I heard that the Obama administration was getting ready for a reelection campaign was  ”Wait, what, he actually stopped campaigning?” .  In order for Obama to start campaigning again means that he would have actually had to stop campaigning in the first place.  All Obama had done since he has been in office is travel around from town to town giving redundant speeches praising himself and slamming conservatives.  He’s done nothing but campaign his entire presidency.  His constant campaigning seems to be quite characteristic of a tyrant (I’m not saying he is a tyrant, but I bet he’d like to be) as a key goal of any tyrant is to stay in power as long as possible (think FDR,  better yet Hugo Chavez, or really any other dictator you can think of).

This brings to mind another question.  If Obama’s presidency has been one big campaign, then why did they even need to announce a new campaign?