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A couple of things to watch for in politics and the week ahead. president obama and the first lady move to chicago to tape a segment with oprah. and someone who is eyeing the president's job is also hitting the road. here now is cnn's deputy political director paul ste steinhaus steinhauser. >> i guess you can call it fund-raiser by night, president by day. mr. obama announced he's good for a second term at the beginning of the month. since then he's headlined fund raisers in chicago, san francisco, los angeles, and this week new york f you're surprised, don't be. this oval office strategy is ...

Followed by president barack obama, made the list six times. the president is back on the road this week, not talking about spending cuts. our deputy political direct your paul steinhauser has more on what the president is up to this week. >> good morning, t.j. it's president by day, fund-raiser at times by night. president obama announced his bid for a second term at the beginning of the month. since then he headlined fund-raisers in chicago, los angeles and this week new york. if you're surprised don't be. this is nothing new. george w. bush and bill clinton employed the same strategy when...

Next year. the other place where the president holds a town hall is california. generally a safe place for democrats but also a good place to raise money. he's holding fundraisers in los angeles and san francisco. mr. obama kitscked off his bid r campaign cash on thursday back in his hometown of chicago. >> when the time comes, i will -- i will be campaigning. i'll be ready to go. but i've got to tell you, right now, i still have this day job. >> reporter: that's pretty much what mr. obama's strategy is for right now. president by day. findraiser at times by night. with official trips often ta...

Campaigning. i'll be ready to go. but i've got to tell you right now i still have this day job. >> reporter: that's mr. obama's strategy for now. president by day and fundraisers at night. if you're shocked, don't be. george w. bush and bill clinton used the same strategy when they were running for re-election. this is nothing new. t.j.? >> all right. thank you to paul steinhauser this morning. have you ever accidentally walked off with somebody's pen? we've done that before. have you maybe not so accidentally walked off with it? maybe stole it is what i'm saying? you probably weren't caught o...

Where the president is presidential but now and then holds these fund-raisers. you're shocked don't be. it's nothing new. the most recent presidents, george w. bush and bill clinton, did the same thing. that oval office strategy when running for re-election. >> it's what they do. before we let you go, they're trying to get something out of washington. some people say we don't get a lot of honesty, truth. i'm going to ask you to give it to me in a second. our viewers, watch this, paul steinhauser made an appearance on a late night show, jay leno, a lot of people know that, when he wasn't necess...