Obama Re- Election 2012 Campaign - Monday Start ?

CNN: Reports that President Obama could announce on Monday that he is running in 2012. The election cycles get early and early folks, the voter must get annoyed to use a mild phrase, what about running the Country, this goes for Democrats and Republicans. This is the problem with the present US election cycle, its only April 2011 and a US President has to start his re-election this early, and the article states that the Obama Campaign is seeking to raise 1 billion dollars, this means Obama Administration can not annoy its liberal base, thus it cant meet the Republicans in the middle when it comes to the US Budget. It can be argued that both political parties should come to an agreement that moves the election cycle closer to the election year, this is a silly way to run a Democracy.