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A new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll shows that over the last month, while billionaire Donald Trump repeatedly was raising questions about Barack Obama's eligibility to be president – and even suggesting his tenure might be illegal – he's been rocketing in popularity among possible GOP presidential contenders. At the same time, oxygen has been sucked out of the support for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who both essentially have ignored that particular issue facing the American voting public. According to CNN's results, 19 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents questioned say they'd be most...

The White House has not piped up about Donald Trump yet, but Vice President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley had some choice words for The Donald on her Facebook page Thursday night — saying the developer "makes me ill" and "bring it on!" The Facebook missive by Ashley Biden, who is in her late 20s, came after another day of Trump dominating cable news shows with talk about President Barack Obama's birth certificate. It's an online outburst that was unlikely to have been sanctioned by the White House. POLITICO viewed the posts on page, which is under the name Ashley Blazer,...

CNN's Anderson Cooper interviewed Rep. Bob Wagner, R-Harrison, regarding his “birther” bill, which would require presidential candidates to provide the state with a valid copy of his or her birth certificate. During the interview Wagner said that he's unsure if President Barack Obama was born in the United States (he was, in fact, born in Hawaii). Wagner also.. posted using frpa