CC: Governor Romney, in Michigan you told a crowd of supporters, "No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate." Don't you believe that the birth certificate President Obama presented last year is valid?
MR: I think Mr. Obama is far more interested in promoting that discussion than I am, in his ongoing attempt to distract from the economy he has created. The recession ended in its natural economic cycle a few months after he took office, and my opponent would like nothing better than to get into a side discussion that has nothing to do with the relationship between his massive and regulatory spending binge and the longest economic slump since the Great Depression. Why don't we stick to the issues - what Obama's policies have done to our economy over the past four years, and what my administration will do differently to promote economic growth instead of government dependence?
Bump to that. That would be the smart play.