Because OUR candidate had a bigger problem with the issue than did OBAMA, and dared not bring it up.
Most Americans have grown up stupidly believing that being born in a country makes you a citizen. It is a firmly held, but wrong, belief. According to all the proof presented to the public, Obama WAS born in America, and to most people, that is all that is necessary.
John McCain was born in Panama. If he brought up the issue of Article II Qualifications, most people would ignorantly assume HE is not qualified, and that Obama IS! The Issue works against him politically.
I believe the RNC thought they could win without the issue, and that bringing it up would be thought of as a dirty trick, especially by black Americans, and so they chose to let it go. After being chastised by birthers, they even hardened their minds against the truth.
I dare say that many of the people we think are OBOTS, are actually RNC types that do not want this issue discussed because they think it hurts the party politically. These tend to be the more pragmatic types concentrated on both coasts. Principle isn't their first consideration, gaining power is.
Actually, that belief is quite accurate.
John McCain was born in Panama. If he brought up the issue of Article II Qualifications, most people would ignorantly assume HE is not qualified, and that Obama IS!
I know of nobody who would be so obtuse as to deny citizenship and qualification to a child born of the military on overseas assignment. There are a few, perhaps, but not so many as to determine a course of action.
I believe the RNC thought they could win without the issue, and that bringing it up would be thought of as a dirty trick, especially by black Americans, and so they chose to let it go.
My guess is that the thought never so much as occurred to the RNC. McCain was obviously qualified, despite his Panamanian birth. Obama was obviously qualified, based on his U.S. birth. No conspiracy theory required.