say online. now to the race for 2012. a serious drop in the polls and is rick perry jumping on the birther bandwagon or what s left of it. this past sunday perry suggested he was not sure if president obama s birth certificate was legit. when asked to clarify he said i don t have a definitive answer because he s never seen my birth certificate. parade said but you have seen his. to which perry replied i don t know, have i? politics editor for the new york times, thank you for your time. glad to be here. let s start with the motivation here. this is an interview he was asked about and it s easy to back away. why didn t he? you know, he used the word towards the end that this was distractive. i don t know what distractive means, but put aside the pub stance for a moment. in political terms, this is a