It needs to be addressed, but NOT by any of the conservative candidates. The candidates need to focus on the "important" issues, just as they are doing. Congress, SCOTUS, the media, and the active governors and state legislators, need to actively close the gap.
For candidates, it is bait in a political death trap.
Oh, I so agree! (Heavy sarcasm here)
After all, the conservative candidates have been ignoring the elephant I've spoken of since Obama was sworn into office. And look at how well that's worked out. And although the Repubs did OK in the mid-terms, it looks clear that Obama will waltz into a second term as Palin et al keep their mouths shut.
And you know why the Repubs did OK in the midterms? Because of Tea Party birthers. So unless and until Palin, Bachmann, Boehner, and others address the birther issue - Obama is a lock in 2012.
It is very telling that you are not demanding that Romney, Huckabee, Pawlenty, Daniels, Christie, Pence, Johnson, Thune, Ron Paul, Gingrich, and the others (maybe even Rick Perry), stick their necks out and speak up about the eligibility issue.
Obama is not a lock for 2012, and he probably won't even be running, if there is even an election.
Do you even know the difference between a candidate for any particular office and a person who is currently holding such an office?
Why don't you appeal to the current official President of the USA to get this eligibility issue resolved? Think about this for a minute, and maybe some of these clues will start to click into place for you.
No, Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore.