Except that in Obama's case, it impacted directly on the perception of his legitimacy to hold the highest US public office. The smartest thing to have done was simply to release the certificate immediately and step on the whole business.
There was never any question of the electoral college letting him even stand if he hadn't been legit, but on this occasion yes, he did need to put it to rest publicly and IMO he waited far, far too long.
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Date: 2011-04-28 09:31 am (UTC)There was never any question of the electoral college letting him even stand if he hadn't been legit, but on this occasion yes, he did need to put it to rest publicly and IMO he waited far, far too long.