Yeah, it has been a rough 7 years.
Heh, hence the “admittedly”. Despite the best efforts of everyone, no one has been able to prove Obummer wasn’t born in Hawaii. We can suspect all we want, but so far there’s no proof.
Ted, on the other hand, has released his long-form Canadian birth certificate and “forgot” he was a dual citizen for however-many decades. He’s the true first case for this, in a legal sense.
Obama claimed to be from Kenya when running for the US Senate. The reason it hasn’t been an issue is that the Media won’t cover it and the courts would not hear the case. (not to mention the convenient demise of key people)
The salient difference, however, is that Obama’s mother did not have sufficient time in the US above the age of majority to confer citizenship at birth if he was born outside of the US. Hence, the ‘Kenyan’ story disappeared.