> This report explains the context of the oft cited debate, between Obama and Keyes in the following Fall, in which Keyes faulted Obama for not being a “natural born citizen”, and in which Obama, by his quick retort, “So what? I am running for Illinois Senator, not the presidency”, Obama himself was putting out in 2004, that he was born in Kenya.
Out of Obama’s own mouth, ““So what? I am running for Illinois Senator, not the presidency”.
A fact the even Keyes campaign manager denies, Find that line in a transcript.