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Fringe right who thrive on this stuff seem to take hold of the republican party? its certainly not an issue to attract independent swing voters in the 2012 election. is it time for the gop to say good-bye to the birthers? for more, im joined by two political analysts. jonathan alter and jonathan connish. first of all, michael, will they get rid of the birthers and say no more pandering and applause lines at the convention? no more feeding the crazies? >> no. thats not going to happen and the rea...

A campaign. >> well, he also said it was the biggest con in history. welcome back. he claimed he didnt want the birth certificate to be an issue in the possible presidential campaign but, of course, it became his issue over the past several weeks so when did the fringe right who thrive on this stuff seem to take hold of the republican party? its certainly not an issue to attract independent swing voters in the 2012 election. is it time for the gop to say good-bye to the birthers? for more, im jo...