Stories from the week that you may have missed:
- The “birthers.” Not familiar with the term? Well, these are people who believe that President Obama is not a natural born US citizen. Below the Beltway has been all over this. CNN’s Lou Dobbs and Rep. Bob Goodlatte are just two of the big names in this movement, which seems to be spearheaded by the efforts of Orly Taitz.
- Polls. Survey USA put out a poll this week that shows the Republican candidates for governor, LG, and AG leading their Democratic opponents. The poll appears to have oversampled Republicans. Next Tuesday, PPP will be releasing their own poll on the race. In an earlier post, they say they think the turnout model will show about 50/50 Rs and Ds.
- Fraudulent letters sent to Congressmen. Constituent letters are pretty important to legislators. So when they turn out to be fraudulent, as The Daily Progress reports, it’s a pretty big deal. The situation has gone national, with Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) announcing an investigation.
- Gubernatorial debate. Last Saturday, the candidates for governor – Democrat Creigh Deeds and Republican Bob McDonnell – squared off in the first debate of the season. If you missed it, it will be available at some point on Virginia Talks. A pretty good roundup of the debate can be found here.
Yeah – there was also the cash for clunkers thing and the beer thing, but I figured everybody knows about those 
What did I miss?
A Presidential candidate doesn’t have to supply a birth certificate?
Posted by Brian | Saturday, August 1, 2009, 2:28 pmIt doesn’t matter what proof you show these “birthers” they don’t care! They are so full of hate and anger that facts only confuse and upset them. They LOST! They just can’t get over it! So they make up stories, tell lies and foster hate and contempt. In other words. Republicans!
Posted by T.W. Bonsac | Saturday, August 1, 2009, 3:50 pmAll we want to see is an ORIGINAL birth certificate, not a reproduction. Why is that too much to ask? Why does Obama spend millions to keep from providing it?
Posted by Anon E. Mouse | Saturday, August 1, 2009, 4:08 pmSee? Morons. The lot of them.
Posted by MB | Sunday, August 2, 2009, 2:06 pmBirthers ~ People who think Gore won in ’00.
Posted by Max Shapiro | Sunday, August 2, 2009, 4:50 pmNot sure what you are getting at here, since the 2000 race had nothing to do with a birth certificate.
Posted by vjp | Monday, August 3, 2009, 9:25 amYeah, but they are on the same level of irrational thought mixed in with some logical things. While I do think hes a citizen, Obama hasn’t played this thing picture perfect so it keeps giving people on the other side who wish he wasn’t president plenty of ammo. For the Bush v. Gore, had the laws been different at the Gore probably would have won, but they weren’t and the whole media circus and supreme court decisions (9-0 and 5-4), gave people on the left endless ammo to attack the legitimacy of Bush’s presidency. If it’s not one thing, it’s another.
Posted by Max Shapiro | Monday, August 3, 2009, 9:39 amAnd now, a Kenyan birth certificate is found.
Posted by Anon E. Mouse | Monday, August 3, 2009, 9:15 amUm, I know you don’t believe that. But just in case you really do, take a look at this.
Posted by vjp | Monday, August 3, 2009, 9:24 amI was just about to say, Kenya didn’t become fully independent until ’63.
Posted by Max Shapiro | Monday, August 3, 2009, 9:42 amBecause one is a forgery another is, too? That makes no sense.
The simple question is, why does Obama fight the release of the ORIGINAL?
Posted by Anon E. Mouse | Monday, August 3, 2009, 10:32 am