[jamese777]

Excellent post.
It sheds some light on an largely undiscussed aspect of the eligibility wars. That is, that legislators on every level fear the potential racial repercussions in their districts.

IMHO, this is exactly why this discussion did not take place when it would have made a modicum of good sense, i.e., in 2007 and 2008.

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A way around that is for formal investigations of the issue to take place in states with small and next to no minority populations. Obama was on the ballot in Idaho, Wyoming, Vermont, New Hampshire and Utah, just to name a few as well as New York, DC, and California.
Idaho politicians have nothing to fear from a minority backlash.
Unlike you, I think that when Michael Steele, also an African American was Chairman of the Republican Party, that would have been the perfect time to challenge Obama’s eligibility.

[Tex-Con-Man]

I think that when Michael Steele, also an African American was Chairman of the Republican Party, that would have been the perfect time to challenge Obama’s eligibility

Alan Keyes was/is a birther. His support among the conservative base is probably roughly equivalent to that of Steele...meaning not much. If Steele would have pushed birtherism, he would have been run out of the party before the end of his chairmanship term.

[Kenny Bunk]

Unlike you, I think that when Michael Steele, also an African American was Chairman of the Republican Party, that would have been the perfect time to challenge Obama’s eligibility.

I quite agree.

However, this sort of activity would have been very far outside of the Steele Thought-Box. It also was (and is) the very last thing the RNC had on its collective so-called mind.

IMHO, we are fighting the ineligibility war with rebel militia. The official army has yet to join the fight. Like George Washington, we need a victory to attract more powerful support. This could be the week.