and ann marie houser, former communications director for two-term minnesota governor tim pawlenty.he republicans eventually will be hitting too other the next month for the primaries and caucuses. is the president, ann marie, is he campaigning? >> look, i mean, just look at that map. it is very evident that he has given up on governing and he's in full campaign mode. he had four campaign events i believe in new york last week. and, you know, it is go time for the president in terms of the campaign which is unfortunate because the economy is the biggest issue right now for our campaign. and it is unfortunate to see that he's shirking his duties this this respect. tourism is very important. that's great there is so much more to that in terms of getting our economy back on track. >> danielle, the president has to strike a delicate balance, right? so he doesn't appear as though he's focusing on campaigning. yet at the same time, he remains the commander in chief. state of the union, tuesday night, the message is that he will be delivering more specific to how he sees this next year of