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Of course.

But making it the ONLY issue is idiocy. What if you are just throwing the tarbaby in the briarpatch? What if that kind of campaign is exactly what Obama wants?

All he has to do is whip out a birth certificate at the Dem National Convention (forged or not) and its all over. 90% of America gets their news from the MSM and it will be reported as the grand slam.

That would be the end of the GOP chances to win anything in 2012. It is NOT the biggest issue. Lack of evidence is not proof of a negative.

This is the wrong path to take, the GOP candidate and Congressional candidates need to highlight the debt and deficit and government overspending among other issues, not this.

It is NOT the biggest issue. Lack of evidence is not proof of a negative.

It's NOT? It created all the mess we are in now! and don't forget socialist Zerocare! What lack of evidence - his father was not a US citizen.

But making it the ONLY issue is idiocy.

I agree. You know, we voted in 2010 and we won Congress. Boehner could call for hearings on this just like the democrats ordered hearings on McCain's eligibility (for having been born in Panama on a US Military base). I don't think we can blame the American people for their doubts that the President of the United States is legit.

There is a way for this to be a non-issue in 2012. And that's to verify Obama's eligibility right now. I mean, that's not asking for much. It's only been 3 years. Why wait? Look! This would not have been an issue and Trump would not be as high in the polls that he is now if:

#1) It were taken care of before Obama became President

or

#2) It were taken care of once the Republicans gained control of Congress.

The longer Boehner takes to bring up this issue, the more dug in Trump gets on this and other issues as a candidate.

My preference would be to solve this issue now, suck the air out of trump's balloon and nominate a conservative to run against Obama or Biden.

But this is not Trump issue. This is a Constitutional issue (even if all records are fine and legit). Obama's failure to prove his eligibility opens doors for people like Arnold. Heck, George Soros could be eligible now. Why? Because the new precedence is "American until proven otherwise".

This is a Constitutional issue. And to me the US Constitution trumps all political ideology. Because without the Constitution nothing else matters.