[rarestia]

I second this. I love Cruz very much for the cause, but the Dems will have no qualms opening this can of worms in the lead up to the elections.

[golux]

McCain was subjected to a congressional hearing on the issue. Obama was subjected to an obviously photoshopped COLB. (Don't you dare comment on the issue, hateful racist "BIRTHER!"

[alloysteel]

The Current Occupant was not troubled in the least with the nuances of the state of citizenship of his father. The argument has been reduced to a moot point, and not applicable to Ted Cruz in this circumstance.

Nowhere is there a requirement that both parents be “natural born citizens”, only that one of them should be, and the birth in a foreign country in no wise compromises Ted Cruz’ right to be declared a “natural born citizen”. If this does impair the claim, than a LOT of children born while their military of State Department parents were overseas, are also denied the “natural born” status.