Sweet Home Alabama

Another detail from that Kos poll on birtherism. It turns out, less than surprisingly, than the cradle of the birther faith is in the South. Just shy of a majority of Southerners — not just Republicans, but everyone — believe Barack Obama was born in the United States. 47% of Southerners say Obama was born in the US; 30% aren’t sure; and 23% say Obama was not born in the USA.