[Political Junkie Too]

This was never a qualifier before in vetting a Pres candidate and I am not sure why it needs to be made one now.

The familial lineage of a candidate was never as obscured before.

Nobody questioned the citizenship of the parents of candidates because there was no doubt about it before (excepting Arthur, partly because he was obtuse about it, and partly because he ran for VP, and therefore received less scrutiny).

-PJ

[DiogenesLamp]

Presidential candidate Charles Evan Hughes' citizenship status was questioned when he ran for election against Woodrow Wilson in 1916. A Democrat lawyer challenged his eligibility in an essay and threatened to sue if Hughes had won.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/29744612/Breckinridge-Long-A-Natural-Born-Citizen-Within