[El Sordo]

“this can all be dropped tomorrow if he mails in certifiable copies of his birth records from Hawaii. “

Consider:

This wouldn't matter to those who hold that a Natural Born Citizen must have two citizen parents. Those challenges would continue.

This wouldn't matter to those who hold that a President cannot have ever held any type of dual-citizenship or rights to a citizenship other than American citizenship. Those challenges would continue.

This wouldn't matter to those who have already decided that he was born outside the US. No amount of evidence will convince them. It will would be denounced as a forgery and added to his list of crimes. Those challenges would continue.

The number of people who would have their opinion changed regarding his place of birth is pretty minimal. And of those, how many you think would support him or vote for him?

So... What motivation is there for BHO to really do anything about it?

Why should he make any effort to keep his opponents from acting goofy? Mind you, this is not asking what the correct or moral decision is. But what's in it for him? Why should he feel, from his point of view, any motivation to do anything about it?

You might have noticed that he's been President for almost a year or 1/4 of his term. Unless this becomes an election issue in 2012 or Congress changes hands and the issue gets investigated, he probably doesn't feel any need to do anything more than he has already done.

[GI Joe Fan]

He is clearly hiding something big, and all the stonewalls and smokescreens in the world will not fool me.

My belief is that he is Constitutionally invalid as President.

Do you hold this same belief, or perhaps you can provide a theory as to why the birth records are "locked away" in a "secret state vault" per the Governor of Hawaii?

Surely even YOU find that to be suspicious, or at least ridiculous.

[GI Joe Fan]

"Why should he make any effort to keep his opponents from acting goofy?"

Ah, name-calling again. What's wrong with seeking Constitutional validity, professor?

"Mind you, this is not asking what the correct or moral decision is."

"But what's in it for him?"

Who cares what he thinks. As a taxpayer, I object to a single US taxpayer dollar being used to shield himself against a justifiable investigation. If he has committed fraud to get into office, then why should the taxpayer finance his legal defense fund?

"Why should he feel, from his point of view, any motivation to do anything about it?"

Again, who cares what the narcissist thinks.