Romney makes Birther joke

[Cobbler]

People are taking what was a bad attempt at a joke and turning it into much more than it is. Romney is not a birther, and it would be idiotic to play the birther strategy if he was behind, since that would do nothing but alienate more people.

Mitt makes awkward gaffes all the time when talking to people about a particular area (cheesy grits, trees are perfect height, etc), in an attempt to be funny. This is no different.