One small item of correction though... the fearful of polygamy prosecution Romney's who were hiding in Mexico where Willard's papa, the Rockefeller fellating George was born, gave us Michiganders the State Income Tax.

And ya, I really don't give a rats ass what kind of crap the sleazy Rockeller's in the GOP pulled for papa George in '67... your papa's birth certificate issue hasn't gone away, Willard.

The issue came to the limelight again in 2008 with both parties' candidates. Sen. John McCain was born on a U.S. naval air station in the Panama Canal Zone when his father was posted there, leading some to question whether he would be eligible for the presidency. It turned out to be a non-issue because a law passed in 1937, and applied retroactively, gave citizenship to anyone born in Panama whose mother or father was a U.S. citizen. President Obama was dogged for much longer by the birther movement about where he was born. The president released his birth certificate as proof that he was born in Hawaii.

Citizenship for foreign-born children of U.S. nationals is not an issue that has gained widespread attention. George Romney didn't make it far enough into  the campaign for it to pose a problem, but that's likely to change, Spiro says.

"Going forward, there are likely to be other cases of other individuals who are born out the United States with citizenship, who achieve political prominence and who are in the ballpark for presidency," he said. "This issue is not going to go away."