Pelosi's religious oratory over the top

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got carried away with hyperbole yesterday, introducing Barack Obama to a crowd of wealthy political contributors as "a leader sent to us by God, as a blessing to us."

Already derided as "Obamassiah," and other "from on high" references, the last thing the elitist, upper crust Obama needs is more proof of the truth of John McCain's television commercial comparing him to Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton. Hilton's hilarious You Tube video in response only prolonged the fun.

After Obama's windy, convoluted answers to Pastor Rick Warren's questions last Saturday night, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has enough problems on spiritual matters, without overblown crooning by Nancy Pelosi.

The liberal Associated Press is now circulating the registration forms from when Obama was six years old, which his parents signed to certify that he was a citizen of Indonesia and a Muslim. This does not necessarily imperil the legality of his eligibility to serve as President, but the refusal of his campaign to comment on the form certainly raises suspicions.

He could well have had dual citizenship in the U.S. and Indonesia, since his mother was a white American. And certainly being a Muslim doesn't disqualifiy anyone from serving as President. But the whole flap does lend credence to author Jerome Corsi's charges in his new book Obama Nation, which opened as the number one best seller on the New York Times list.

Obama needs to be perceived as an ordinary guy, who speaks truth to the American people. Neither Nancy Pelosi's rhetoric nor his own refusal to come clean about his Muslim roots, helps him do that.