Hmmm, everybody still seems to be on board with the “He’s withholding it as a clever political strategy to ‘give the crazies more rope with which to hang themselves’ ” thesis.
But the more I think about it, the less convinced I am of that possibility. I admit it’s possible, but it still seems like a campaign strategy, not a governance policy.
Purposely dangling the sealed birth certificate in front of his opponents’ noses is so 2008.
Another option which I haven’t mentioned is that he simply doesn’t care — the whole nirther thing is far beneath his notice. He would more like brush away a mosquito than respond to nirther demands one way or the other. it may not be an intentional strategy — but rather an accidental strategy while he’s off doing more important things like nationalizing the economy.