“There is a great deal of difference. Only a Natural Born Citizen can become President. For that, you have to be born on US soil, to two US parents.”
I don’t know about the two parents part. I always thought being born on U.S. soil was enough. I mean, children born on U.S. soil are citizens, right? And if they’re citizens at the time they’re born, I’m pretty sure that means they’re natural born citizens.
I understand. We're all troubled by the lack of clarity about US definitions (or lack thereof) regarding the exact classifications of US citizenship.
It's my opinion that the case of Barack Obama has brought this festering murkiness to the surface, and now it will have to be fully confronted and defined by the US Supreme Court.
It's my guess that they will consult The Federalist Papers, Black's Commentaries, and other historical writings to determine the intentions of the Framers for using that exact phrase, and what they meant by it.