[Humal]

That was new to me too. There was speculation here on FR, but no one, that I saw, actually came out and said it.

In the old days, Obama would have been called a “snake oil salesman”.

[Cicero]

Yes, of course there was speculation. It was amazingly convenient that his grandmother, who had been kept under virtual house arrest for more than a year and never interviewed by the press, died the day before the election.

But there's a new angle here, as well. As far as I know, this reporter is the first to have bothered to call the coroner and ask about the circumstances and date of her death.

But the only public comment made by the Honolulu Medical Examiner, who acts as coroner in Honolulu, Hawaii was, “We didn’t work that case.”

The response is very similar to the one given by the official concerning the existence of Obama's original vault certificate, under seal. Basically, answering the question by dodging the question. Why didn't he work on that case? Who did work on that case? Did anybody work on that case? Is she in fact even dead? The response tells us nothing.