Your sentiment seems to be shared by the market as well. For all of the "potential, which is supposedly HUGE, and the certainty of a merger," the volume and share price sure hasn't reacted at all. For all of those "billionaires and deep-pocketed individuals" with their "eyes on this," there sure hasn't been a change in share price or volume to go with it. With all of the "anticipation" and "confidence that people have" in this, their sure hasn't been a similar response in SP/volume.
Something stinks, bad. Seems that all the talk is just that, talk. All garbage.