Obama begins his 2012 re-election bid while on vacation in Hawaii. Are we really as dumb as he thinks we are? Time will tell.

Here is Obama, visiting the troops stationed in that war zone. Good for him.

But, make no mistake, everything he does between now and election day, 2012, will be about getting re-elected. And why is that so very important? Because, should the conservatives take back the Senate, and they have a very good chance of doing so; if they maintain control of the House of Representatives; if they beat Obama, himself, in the election, ObamaCare goes down the tubes. It is not too late to dismantle this legislative monstrosity, but it will be too late after 2014.

Valerie Jarret, Obama's social advisor and close friend, announced over the weekend on Meet the Press, that Barack intends on spending much more time on the road, beginning with the coming year. His biggest regret, according to Jarret, is that "he had to spend almost every waking hour in Washington working on solving that crisis . . . what he missed sorely was engagement with the American people."

Here is how he spent his time in 2009 (we have not been able to find any similar reporting for 2010). He gave 726 speeches and personal appearances in that first year. If each appearance averaged 3 hours including prep time and travel back and forth, Obama spent 9 months of the first 12 doing little more than "keeping in touch with the people."

When his social secretary quit, there was a news story revealing that she had helped plan 332 evening events at the White House during the first 365 days -- a party or event nearly every day.

We are told that he made more than 50 half day trips to the gold course.

We know of two incidences where he completely disappeared for a couple of hours, without Secret Service or explanation.

He and his have taken 7 vacations during the first two years.

Nothing of this nature is about to change. He campaigned most of 2010 but couldn't prevent the butt-kicking he and his party took in November -- and he is trying to convince folks that the midterms were about "grid-lock." We think this is a very stupid re-election strategy. Why? Because he is trying to fool the very people who voted against him and his comrades.

Anywho, guess we will see him in 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with the same stinking message. Maybe he will "get it" then.