[steve-b]

Either he has the power to make it go away or he doesn’t.
Either way, then next question is "why"?

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.
--Voltaire

Obama has been granted the same boon, in the form of the "Birther" farce. Why would he want it to go away?

[Eagle Eye]

Birthers embarrass some C/conservatives.

They threaten Obama and his followers but don’t embarrass them and they don’t think the birthers are foolish in the same sense you do.

Some of Obama’s followers try to laugh it off or mock it, but that is what they do anyway, that is their SOP. They know that there is cause for concern and rely on C/conseravtive anti-birthers to stop the process.

Face it, why would Obama actively work to stop birthers when he has people like you doing it for him?