And you miss another key point, the situation is totally different with Obama. He is already President, so the question becomes how to BEST save the Republic from Obama. The answer is NOT the birther issue, for many many reasons, since that will never remove him from office and in fact, will probably strengthen him. Cruz is not President, so it's just an entirely different dynamic, keying on the intent of the Founders. And the intent was NOT NOT NOT to keep someone like Cruz from running.
“birther”
Clearly you’ve given the issue thought. /s
James Madisn, the “Father of the Constitution,”
“It is an established maxim, that birth is a criterion of allegiance. Birth, however, derives its force sometimes from place, and sometimes from parentage; but, in general place is the most certain criterion; it is what applies in the United States.”
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 From Gales and Seatons’ Annals of Congress; from Their Register of Debates; and from the Official Reported Debates, by John C. Rives By United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton
Washington, Jefferson and Madison became citizens of the First French Republic and the Marquis de Lafayette became a United States citizen by decree for his invaluable assistance to the revolution.
What the Gounders and Framers did not want was an Englisman who had spent some time in the colonies returning to the new nation and taking control of the nation’s government.
Judge Antonin Scalia on this subject (” jus soli” is Latin for “the right of soil” or birthright nationality.)
Justice Scalia: … “I mean, isn’t it clear that the natural born requirement in the Constitution was intended explicitly to exclude some Englishmen who had come here and spent some time here and then went back and raised their families in England?
They did not want that.
They wanted natural born Americans.
[Ms.]. Davis: Yes, by the same token…
Justice Scalia: That is jus soli, isn’t it?
[Ms.] Davis: By the same token, one could say that the provision would apply now to ensure that Congress can’t apply suspect classifications to keep certain individuals from aspiring to those offices.
Justice Scalia: Well, maybe.
I’m just referring to the meaning of natural born within the Constitution.
I don’t think you’re disagreeing.
It requires jus soli, doesn’t it?”