Later, things come to light, which I suspect that people have known all along, but did not report, or else labeled it with ridicule.
I do think the claim of racism plays a part in this. How many people do you think even know the history behind the term NBC as used in the constitution? When I was in high school, I always thought it meant simply born on US soil.
For many Americans, the fact that his mother was American is sufficient - they feel this alone is sufficient qualification, anything else is just a technicality, and it would be unfair if he wasn't qualified to run, because he should have been.
The issue is further clouded by the loosened requirements passed by Congress pertaining to citizenship, wherein 1 citizen parent is sufficient to pass citizenship to their children. People refer to these children born in the USA as natural born citizens, and everyone just assumes the same meaning.
The fact that it has never been adjudicated whether a citizen born on US soil, with only 1 citizen parent, is constitutionally qualified to be President, gives the opportunity for people with an agenda to argue about the definition. To have opposed him based on what would be labeled as a technicality would have been labeled racist without a doubt.
Also, if you look who the largest shareholders of the network news corporations are, I think you'll have some idea why the issue was not reported with any credibility by any of the large media outlets. In fact the media helped muddle the issue by stating he was a citizen, and omitting the term Natural Born in much of their reporting.
I think the Democrats thought that Hillary could not win(polls were showing Obama more likely to beat McCain), and they knew if Obama was their candidate, they could get out the black vote big time, and increase their chances for a win.
Now that he has been sworn in, they can make the case that the American people were aware of citizenship issues (after all, the birth certificate issue as well as the fact that his father was a foreigner, was reported) and made their decision.
The courts do not want to be put into the position of overturning an election, so I don't hold much hope for that to work either.
However, the states control the rules for ballot qualification, and laws to insure that this does not ever happen again need to passed by as many states as possible. JMHO
Nothing will ever happen: Now that he has been sworn in, they can make the case that the American people were aware of citizenship issues (after all, the birth certificate issue as well as the fact that his father was a foreigner, was reported) and made their decision.
I agree that we need this clarified immediately for the future. I do not think that someone born on USA soil to two illegal aliens should be called natural born, or even a citizen.