I Hate It When The Politico Screws Up a Story

Under the headline Exclusive: White House privately plots 2012 campaign run, Mike Allen writes:

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.

Allen needs to get his ears checked.

I suspect that what sources have told him is that Obama's top advisors are laying the groundwork because they expect to be run out of Chicago in 2012 when Obama loses the White House after a constant string of broken promises, gaffes, and policy failures.