Now the birthers should be happy with Gingrich in the lead. He has in effect called

[AlinPA]

the President a Kenyan this year.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2010/0913/Newt-Gingrich-Did-he-go-too-far-with-comments-about-Obama

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

1. And a Mau-mau -- but do they even know what continent Kenya is on?

Bush, as I recall, called Africa a country. And Bachmann didn't know Libya was on the African continent.

[MayHamm]

3. And Cain seems to have never even heard of Libya

He apparently thinks it's part of Afghanistan and run by the Taliban.

[CakeGrrl]

2. If it helps polarize some of the GOP against Romney, so much the better.

The ideal scenario would be a die-hard bloc of Teabag/birther extremists who act as spoilers for the putative front-runner, who will have to hew toward the sane middle to garner a competitive number of votes.