102012 News Today

Secondly, its a permanent campaign because its so expensive. >> the president told abcs diane sawyer a politicians job is not to get re-elected. its 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. o...

Secondly, its a permanent campaign because its so expensive. >> the president told abcs diane sawyer a politicians job is not to get re-elected. its 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. o...