Mitt Romney stated in front of a live audience in last nights debate that he was pro immigration because of the fact that his father George Romney was born In MEXICO! So why the world was his Dad running for President against Richard Nixon?
While Romney was born in Mexico, he was still considered a viable and legal candidate for United States president. His Mormon grandfather and his three wives had fled to Mexico in 1886, but none of them ever relinquished U.S. citizenship. While the Constitution requires that a president must be a natural-born citizen, the first Congress of the United States in 1790 passed legislation stating: “The children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond the sea, or outside the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural-born citizens of the United States.” Romney and his family fled Mexico in 1912 prior to the Mexican Revolution. However, the Naturalization Act of 1795 repealed the Act of 1790[citation needed] and removed the language explicitly stating that the children of U.S. citizens are natural-born citizens. As such, it is not clear that Romney was actually eligible for the office of president.
Unfortunately, his plight was never ruled on since he never made it that far.
My answer would be simple. I don't see anything in the constitution that would preclude someone that was ineligible from running. It's assumed if they won, they would be found ineligible and could not be sworn in.
Another answer could be that if both his grandparents were citizens then the actual location of his birth may not have been an issue. As seen in the case of John McCain.
As to the OP. You don't have to be a lawyer to figure this out. The obvious meaning of NBC is a person born to two citizen parents. How do I know this? Because the framers were OBVIOUSLY trying to ensure allegiance to the United States and what force determines this allegiance? The PARENTS of course. Think about it. As an infant you have no idea where you were born, its how you are brought up that matters.
For those arguing that Obama is an NBC then you would have to assume the framers would have been ok if the Queen of England happened to be visiting the US and had a child on our soil that baby could later be eligible to be the president of the United States!! If you believe that, then no amount of legal training is going to help you.
Well he had lots of money for one. The issue would have been debated had he actually beat Nixon, since he didn't, they let that sleeping dog go back to sleep, so we could kick him today.