In the 2012 presidential campaign, Obama is likely to still be the youngest candidate in the field as all of the Republican challengers who have announced a bid for their party’s nomination are older than he is.
That's exactly what he's going to do. We all know (including Barry) that the economy isn't going to improve significantly before the election. The only useful activity for him now is campaigning.
I'm fine with it, because it will reduce the additional damage he'd do to the economy if he tried to act like a sitting president.