Hawaii's new governor, Neil Abercrombie, stirred the "birther" pot just before Christmas when he promised to
launch an expedition for Obama's long form birth certificate. Chris Matthews
reported on the Abercrombie quest, and though calling himself an "enemy of the birthers," surprised us by acknowledging that the advertised short form is indeed a different document than an actual long form certificate and that it should be released. Matthews' guests on the segment agreed, noting once it was out they could "make even more fun of the birthers."
 
But less than a month later, when it was Abercrombie's turn to produce the long form, he turned up empty-handed, and instead offered some
ambiguous lines about something "written down" that "actually exists."
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Dual citizenship, a divided allegiance that experts contend the Constitution's framers sought to avoid for the Presidency, is a status created when the country of a child's birth (documented by a birth certificate) and the country of citizenship of the parents are in conflict. Obviously the Arizona and Nebraska legislators concerned themselves with crafting laws supporting the Constitution's finer points of eligibility rather than the sensational search for the missing long form.