[Calpernia]

>>>...and Congress passed a law during the Washington administration defining what that meant.

Cite?

>>>Obama’s mother was definitely born in the US.

She was a minor when she became pregnant and not old enough to pass on citizenship.

>>>>Congress would just redefine “natural born” so he would qualify

They can’t do that unless they amend the constitution.

[Verginius Rufus]

Look up "natural born citizen" on Wikipedia. They cite the 1790 law passed by Congress, which clearly says that children of US citizens born overseas are "natural born citizens." There was a later law in 1795 which superseded the 1790 law and omitted the phrase about natural born citizen--so some people have been questioning whether McCain is eligible.

If you Google the term, most of the discussion is about McCain but there are some on Obama (at least one referring to a discussion on Free Republic).

If Congress could pass a law in 1790 explaining what "natural born citizen" means, what would prevent them from passing a new law to clarify the term now?