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secondly, it s a permanent campaign because it s so expensive. the president told abc s diane sawyer a politician s job is not to get re-elected. it s to serve the country. i would rather be a really good one-term president, than mediocre two-term president. reporter: but the trend is toward earlier campaign starts. president bill clinton announced his election in the spring after the midterm election, former president bush did the same, but informal planning for both likely began earlier. one democrat on capitol hill called the report of 102012 planning disconcerting saying, we have lots of people up in 22010. 2012 is a hell of a long ways away. they note the healthcare is consuming capitol hill and3 away. they note the healthcare is consuming capitol hill and white house and mr. obama is offering to compromise with republicans. hess says they can t count their chickens in 2012.
history tell us you can have a marvelous first year as president or absolutely horrible first year as president. and that doesnepu determine if you ll be re-elected or defeated. reporter: hess says two things politician needs to prepare for campaign are record and ability to paint a clear picture of the opponent. for president obama, the healthcare summit may put both in shae sharper focus. at the white house, wendell goler, fox news. bret: former vice president dick cheney is out of the hospital following what doctors say was a mild heart attack monday. his office says cheney is feeling good and will resume his normal schedule shortly and he will not participate in a planned bush white house staff reunion breakfast friday. native hawaiians may soon say aloha to a new form of government. we ll explain that. and we ll update the effort to establish a real government in southern afghanistan.
holding informal talks with others involved in that effort. some, including counselor david axelrod work here at the white house, others including plouffe himself do not. the president s advisor valerie jarrett told us earlier today no one here is thinking about 2012. with the magnitude of challenges facing our country right now i can assure you the very last thing president obama is thinking about is planning an election campaign. that s not what he was elected to do. former presidents clinton and george w. bush didn t announce their re-election bid until the spring of their second year in office. though informal planning may have begun earlier. historian steven hess says that s the evolution of a permanent campaign. it s a permanent campaign because it s so expensive. it s a permanent campaign because the media has gotten so complicated. democrats on capitol hill are concerned that any energy put toward 2012 could detract from the current push for reforming the nation s healt
the white house is denying that president obama is already laying groundwork for his re-election run. if if he is, is it politic poli prudence or wishful thinking? we report, you decide. here is white house correspondent wendell goler. reporter: with a barack obama s presidency barely a year old and job approval below 50%, his 2008 campaign manager is reportedly already making plans for 2012. split toe says they ve held informal talks with senior advisors but white house officials say they re not thinking about 2012. with the magnitude of challenges facing our country now, i assure you the last thing president obama is thinking about is planning an election campaign. reporter: still, steven hess of brookings institution says early planning is natural an evolution of the permanent campaign. partly we have a permanent campaign because there is a permanent profession. permanent cadron who are interested in this full time and they re in businebusiness.