This is just the NYPs spin on what happened on Meet the Depressed. I accidently heard this segment in which the moderator repeatedly bashed Cantors with variations on the question “There are those in this country who think that President Obama’s birth certificate is inauthentic; will you call that what it is which is crazy talk? He he giggle giggle.....Is somebody who brings that up just engaging in crazy talk?...Is is a legitimate or illegitimate issue?...;”His citizenship should never be questioned in your judgement, is that what you’re saying?...Because why won’t you call it what it is, because there are a lot of Republican leaders that won’t go as far as to criticize those...because a leader’s job is to shut some of this stuff down...[it went on and on - listen below]” At this point Cantor says he believes Obama is a citizen of the United States (which is is, not necessarily the same as a “natural born citizen”). I think Cantor did a pretty good job trying to dance around this badgering by trying to say it’s not something to bring up in policy debate.
Just spoke to a young man in Cantor’s office. Explained that Cantor needs to clean it up or lose all credibility with a large segment of the American public. I suggested that he say the following at the most opportune moment: “I said on Meet the Press that I believe President Obama is a US citizen. I said this based on official statements from Hawaii. No one has assured me, however, that the President is a natural born citizen which seems to be matter for judicial review at the federal level.”