First there was Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie's famous pledge to find Barack Obama's birth certificate and make it public to shut up the so-called "birthers." 

That raised national interest in the controversy – especially when he failed to produce it. 

Then came Donald Trump out of the blue, asking questions WND's newsroom team has been asking for the last two-and-a-half years. 

That raised the national debate to furious new heights.

And now another shoe is ready to drop with a very loud thud that promises to raise the level and intensity of the national controversy beyond anything the public has seen before. 

It is the released of "Where's the Birth Certificate? The Case That Barack Obama Is Not E... by two-time No. 1 New York Times best-selling author Jerome Corsi – a book that is, more than a month prior to release, setting records for advance sales. 

"Potentially, I believe this book is the political endgame for Barack Obama," says Joseph Farah, editor and chief executive officer of WND and WND Books, the publisher of the title. "I don't see how he can be re-elected with hard questions and new evidence of his ineligibility raised by the book. It's a game-changer – and the news media blackout on this issue has now turned into a media feeding frenzy to cover their negligent rear ends." 

Between now and May 17 when the book officially debuts, WND Books has produced television ad spots promoting "Where's the B...