in the astute words of james carville - "[it's] the economy, stupid!" and axlerod/plouffe want to stay as far away from that record as possible - so they'll throw every snowball they can manufacture to deflect facing the issue. it's not tax returns, not corp titles, not sec filings, not birth certificates, not college records, not vacations, etc! it's the economy! but even axlerod and plouffe cannot make that look good - and neither can obama!