Barack Obama actually said...
Over the last two-and-a-half years, there's been an effort to go at me in a way that is politically expedient in the short term for Republicans, but creates I think a problem for them when they want to actually run in a general election, where most people feel pretty confident the president was born where he says he was, in Hawaii.
Context
Obama discusses the political implications of the birther issue and its potential impact on Republican candidates.
04/14/2011