Of course they kept it hushed.
Last year, both major party candidates were ineligible.
Obama — Kenyan father — (jus sanguinis)
McCain — born outside the US (Republic of Panama) — (jus solis)
On another thread, another FReeper cited and quoted Blackstone as pointing out that English law has never followed jus sanguinis.
Born on U.S. soil = natural-born U.S. citizen.
In Barack's case, even if he were born in a foreign country, he'd still be a natural-born U.S. citizen, because his mother and father were not properly married under U.S. law -- the father was still married to another Kenyan woman, which made his pretended marriage to Stanley Ann Dunham bigamous, null, and void.
Stanley Ann Dunham was Obama's sole legal parent, and she was a U.S. citizen. End of story.
Until, that is, Barry Soetoro's stepfather took him to Indonesia and naturalized him there -- which meant giving up his U.S. citizenship under Indonesian law. Did he ever get it back? Could he ever be "natural-born" U.S. again? Stay tuned -- I think that is exactly what Obama is actually covering up. Not his birth, but his renaturalization -- or the lack of it.