Just have noticed recently there's a lot going on with my front end.
The front seems much lighter as the wheel contact seems reduced and the
steering wheel wants to jerk around when cornering at relatively slow(15-20)
speeds.

Also the front raises quite a bit under acceleration reducing to me tire\
contact to the road.
The front tires still have 1/4" tread which is very uniform across
all the surface which is good considering the tires have around 37K
on them.(OEM Goodyears on '06).

has to be either that or alignment??

 

OEM is Bridgestone not Goodyear...

front raise under acceleration IMO has nothing to do with an allingment - i think it's shocks.

have you checked tire pressure?