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At the request of a constituent, I asked the state of Hawaii for a for a verification in lieu of certified copy. We're merely asking them to officially confirm they have the president's birth certificate in their possession and are awaiting their response," he said."

What a waste of time. You lose a degree of privacy when you run for public office and as many here understand the "natural born citizen" standard cannot be met because his father was never a US citizen.

Almost all of the "birther" lawsuits have been dropped due to lack of standing. In this case, the secretary of state has a duty to determine the eligibility of a candidate and the NBC definition is murky at best.

If he had any balls he'd request a declaratory judgment in federal court as to Obama's status even based on his possibly forged birth certificate. In fact, arguably this could be a case of original jurisdiction that could be taken directly to the US Supreme Court. Anyone? ;-)

Oops - meant to include the Article 3, Section 2 clip of our Constitution regarding original jurisdiction for our US Supreme Court ...

"In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. "

“asking them to officially confirm”

Actually quite a smart move.

By asking for official confirmation, he is putting someone at risk of perjury.

Anyone in Hawaii willing to go to jail for a Messiah that could be defeated in November, exposing them to a long prison sentence?