I think the clergy have been wary of speaking against candidates like Obama, for fear that their churches would be threatened by the IRS with loss of their tax exempt status.
And I call it 10,000 x cowardace for my Church, the Catholic Church, in particular, for not even enforcing its own internal Canon Law requirements (Canon 915), let alone speaking out in the Public Square.
I must examine my own conscience for cowardice, sloth, and hypocrisy.