My exact conclusion. They don't want to touch it with a ten foot pole. Not because they like Obama, but because any decision they make will be a bad one for the people, whichever side they are on.
Not because they like Obama, but because THEY THINK any decision they make will be a bad one for the people, whichever side they are on.
By acting like scared rabbit eunuchs, it will be much, much worse than bringing it out in the open and finding the truth. So much worse.