Given the numbers, just how does he benefit? Upon playing the ‘big joke’ he won’t gain any support from anyone who has concerns about the vetting process. If anything, he will galvanize the opposition - his supporters will remain relatively unaffected.
If what you suggest is so, I would begin to suspect a disorder of some type.
Detritis is a brand new signed up troll.
“Given the numbers, just how does he benefit? “
Obama benefits by changing the topic away from his enormous gaffe over the ground zero mosque, and at the same time is a way to remind other voters “Hey my opponents are crazy.” Divide and conquer.
“If anything, he will galvanize the opposition - his supporters will remain relatively unaffected.”
No, his supporters are haters - they hate ... US. Making the issue about birthers is a way to get his supporters back on board and hating you, instead of questioning his own stupidity over mosques, jobs, and spending.