These two things are related …

I do want us to move on from Reid’s comments. It is crucial to get moving on an important political agenda this year. But I also hope that we as Americans move away from narrow, racialized notions about whose voice is valuable and deserves to be heard.

- Salon

Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 7/27-30. All adults. MoE 2%

Do you believe that Barack Obama was born in the United States of America or not?

Yes 77 
No 11 
Not sure 12

Yes   No   Not sure
Dem 93    4    3 
Rep 42   28   30 
Ind 83    8    9

Northeast 93    4    3 
South 47   23   30 
Midwest 90    6    4 
West 87    7    6

- Pollster.com

Six months after inauguration, the current president of the United States only has 8 out of 10 people assured he’s Constitutionally eligible for the gig. I’m pretty sure the people who don’t agree with Reid’s statements saw them as terrible holdovers from a former time, dismissing them because people don’t think like that anymore. The others don’t see anything wrong with the statements, and thus don’t care. Either way, kind of a waste of time to write a column about it.

10 January