officially begun? >> reporter: well, not so much. campaign, the fund-raising campaign has begun but we're not going to see the president out on the stump holding big campaign style rallies for as one of his top aides put to to me, a long time. that means months at least. you know, traditionally the candidate who holds the oval office is best served by spending more time looking presidential and less time being an official candidate and i think that's what we'll see in this case. >> well, let's talk republicans because they're kind of, sort of throwing their hats in the ring. mitt romney forming an exploratory committee. tim pawlenty let it slip that he's running and rick santorum saying he's forming a presidential exploratory committee. my question is, why aren't any of these folks making it official. why the hesitation on the side of the gop? >> a silly plit political.