Kelly, Trying to shift reponsibility for Cory's answer and his position to some questioner is silly. Cory should have hung a "Republican Only" sign outside the event, since you seem to have a problem with Democrats asking questions from someone who thinks they can be a congressman. Fact is, Cory's statements and his campaign manager's follow up have only reinforced the fact the Cory either believes the "birthers," or is unwilling to offend them by unequivocally saying that the president is a US citizen. Pathetic!

As a participant at the Town Hall meeting that you reference, I am astounded by your "take" on this. What you fail to mention is that the man who posed the demand for admission was beligerent, and aggressive from the moment he stepped up to the mike until the moment he left the room. He did not ask, but rather demanded, that Gardner admit that he "knew for a fact that Obama is a citizen." Gardner replied that the administration wants us to believe this is the fact, but that he hasn't personally seen anything that proves Obama is a U.S. citizen. The aggressor then followed up with an angry diatribe about how all the proof we need is on the internet - what else is there? The response came from the CROWD, not Gardner and it was simply, "show us the birth certificate." The questioner was aggressively trying to paint Gardner into a corner by forcing him to admit something that none of us can factually state because none of us are priviledged to the information. Gardner provided a polite reply that didn't affirm something he can't possibly state as fact. But he also didn't say that he believes Obama is not a citizen. Rather, he said that the administration has made their statements and that he knows as much as we do. Let's at least try to provide an accurate description of the events as they occurred. Anything else is simply an aggressive distortion of the truth.