'". . . the commander-in-chief's biological roots have long been a hot-button issue."'

Never has been with me. I know the fact he's Black scared lots of people--mostly Republican people. Don't know why that would be. I suppose it's a mindset that they got hung up on. Too bad.

Skin tone will not win or lose the coming election. It will be decided by voters who are really tired of Republican bullshit on each and every issue. The Republican Party has no more credibility in or out of the USA, and since it's hard to separate the lies from the spin from the bullshit they will not get sufficient votes to take the White House. That said, I wouldn't put it past them to usurp the whole election process. In about six months Americans will know whether they still have the remains of a democracy, or as pedants are fond of saying, a republic.