CiviCRM: Auto-Send Mesasge from Message Queue fails

CiviCRM: Auto-Send Message Functionality is broken when queueing a message to be sent in the near future

Initial Conditions
1. Massmailer module must be enabled in: http://civicrm.civicspacelabs.com/home/admin/modules

Steps
1. Create a Mailing List: http://civicrm.civicspacelabs.com/home/admin/massmailer
2. Compose a Message for the List: http://civicrm.civicspacelabs.com/home/admin/massmailer/message/send
3. Set the Send date to: Current Month, Today's Date, Current Year, Current Hour, 1 min in the future
4. Queue Message
5. Wait for 2 minutes
6. View the status of the message: http://civicrm.civicspacelabs.com/home/admin/massmailer/message

Results
7. The message will show that it has only been (submitted), but not (sent)

Notes:
1. I have tried sending a message 1 min in the past & 30 sec in the future.. Nothing works..