Thanks to the brilliance of our Constitution, it doesn't matter if nobody knows.
So long as suits challenging eligibility are filed, and so long as the Chief Justice one way or another decides that eligibility must be proven else the candidate doesn't get sworn in, things will work out.
Until now, standing was a tricky issue to establish: being a candidate was a state issue, and the feds could not take legal notice of the concerns. Now that Congress will actually review the results of the election and formally declare a winner, standing may be established as there is actually something for the courts to take notice of. Allegations are not enough; the federal government must be on the cusp of actually declaring a particular candidate the winner and successor.
Additionally, it need not be a big media event, nor involve a great many people. At the moment, the issue really only involves Obama and the current Congress; come January 20, it truly comes down to the President-elect and the Chief Justice. We just need to make sure the Chief Justice understands his position and confirms the POTUS-elect is in fact eligible; if he is properly convinced, no further issue ... if not, well then things get interesting.
So, Souter will insist that Lingle unseal the vault-form certificate?
You betcha!
OTOH I would be VERY angry.
The left needs to know and be emotionally prepared, their leader has used them.
My only concern is that the American people will be blindsided thus creating a larger reaction than necessary.
There is no constitutional requirement that the Chief Justice swear the new President in. Rev. Wright could preside.