Dear 2012 candidates: is it really this hard to answer the birther question like Senator Rubio?

ABC News:

Rubio had harsh words for Obama on government spending (too much of it) and Libya (for not intervening earlier), but he was also critical of conservatives who question the president’s religion and his status as a native born American citizen.
“That’s a waste of time,” Rubio said. “He says he’s a Christian. He’s a Christian. And I do believe he was born in the United States. And I don’t think any of those things are the reason why America’s in trouble.
“America’s in trouble because it spends more money than it takes in and it better do something about it now or we are all going to pay a terrible price,” he said. “We are going to lose the essence of the greatest nation that’s ever existed.”

Pitch-perfect.